ALL meanings of cetacean
ce·ta·cean
C c - countable noun cetacean Cetaceans are animals such as whales, dolphins, and porpoises. 3
- adjective cetacean of, relating to, or belonging to the Cetacea, an order of aquatic placental mammals having no hind limbs and a blowhole for breathing: includes toothed whales (dolphins, porpoises, etc) and whalebone whales (rorquals, right whales, etc) 3
- noun cetacean a whale 3
- noun cetacean in some systems of classification, any of an order (Cetacea) of nearly hairless, fishlike water mammals, lacking external hind limbs, but having paddlelike forelimbs, including whales, porpoises, and dolphins 3
- adjective cetacean of the cetaceans 3
- noun cetacean sea mammal 1
- adjective cetacean relating to sea mammals 1
- noun cetacean Relating to or denoting cetaceans. 1
- adjective cetacean belonging to the Cetacea, an order of aquatic, chiefly marine mammals, including the whales and dolphins. 1
- noun cetacean a cetacean mammal. 1
- noun cetacean An animal belonging to the order Cetacea, including dolphins, porpoises, and whales. 0
- adjective cetacean Pertaining to the zoologic order Cetacea, or associated with species falling under that taxonomic hierarchy. 0
- adjective cetacean More generally, relating to large aquatic mammals, either directly or by analogy. 0