Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition

Cetaceous

Ce-ta′ceous

,
Adj.
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the Cetacea.

Webster 1828 Edition

Cetaceous

CETACEOUS

,
Adj.
Pertaining to the whale; belonging to the whale kind. The cetacceous fishes include the genera monodon, balaena, physeter and delphinus. They have no gills, but an aperture on the top of the head, and a flat or horizontal tail.

Definition 2024

cetaceous

cetaceous

English

Adjective

cetaceous ‎(comparative more cetaceous, superlative most cetaceous)

  1. Relating to whales or more generally to any marine mammal of the order Cetacea.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eɪʃəs

Similar Results