Definition of Cetacea

Ce`ta´ce`a
n. pl.1.(Zool.) An order of marine mammals, including the whales. Like ordinary mammals they breathe by means of lungs, and bring forth living young which they suckle for some time. The anterior limbs are changed to paddles; the tail flukes are horizontal. There are two living suborders:


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animal order, blower, cetacean, cetacean mammal, Eutheria, family Monodontidae, Monodontidae, Mysticeti, Odontoceti, order Cetacea, subclass Eutheria, suborder Mysticeti, suborder Odontoceti

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