Cetacea

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Etymology

Latin cetus (“whale, porpoise, dolphin”), from Ancient Greek κῆτος (ketos, “sea-monster or huge fish”).

Proper noun

Cetacea

1. A taxonomic order within the superorder Laurasiatheria — the whales, porpoises and dolphins.

Translations

taxonomic order

• Breton: morviled (br) pl
• Czech: kytovci (cs) m pl
• French: cétacé (fr) m

• Greek: κητώδη (el) (kētṓdē)
• Navajo: łóóʼtsoh dóó tééh hóyáanii

See also

• Mysticeti — baleen whales
• Odontoceti — dolphins, porpoises, and other toothed whales
• Archaeoceti — extinct whales