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Webster 1913 Edition
Odontocete
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O-donˊto-ce′te
(ō̍-dŏnˊtō̍-sē′tē̍)
, Noun.
pl.
[NL., from Gr.
ὀδούς
, ὀδόντος
, a tooth + κῆτοσ
a whale.] (Zool.)
A subdivision of Cetacea, including the sperm whale, dolphins, etc.; the toothed whales.
Definition 2024
odontocete
odontocete
English
Noun
odontocete (plural odontocetes)
- (zoology) Any member of the cetacean suborder Odontoceti; a toothed whale.
- Sperm whales and dolphins are odontocetes.
Translations
toothed whale — see toothed whale