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Definition of Cetaceous
1. Adjective. Of or relating to whales and dolphins etc.
Definition of Cetaceous
1. a. Of or pertaining to the Cetacea.
Definition of Cetaceous
1. Adjective. Relating to whales or more generally to any marine mammal of the order Cetacea. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cetaceous
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cetaceous
Literary usage of Cetaceous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the Earth, and Animated Natureby Oliver Goldsmith, Washington Irving by Oliver Goldsmith, Washington Irving (1854)
"IL OF cetaceous FISHES IN GENERAL. As on land there are some orders of animals
... These are all of the " cetaceous" kind, and so much raised ahove their ..."
2. Elements of Chemistry, and Natural History: To which is Prefixed the by Antoine-François de Fourcroy (1796)
"cetaceous animals which have teeth only in the upper-jaw, fuch as the cachalot,
... cetaceous animals having teeth in both jaws, fuch as the dolphin, ..."
3. Universal Geography: Or a Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1824)
"... and the great cetaceous tribes did not yet exist, or that they existed in a
situation which secured them against the effects of those catastrophes which ..."
4. The Travels and Researches of Alexander Von Humboldt: Being a Condensed by Alexander von Humboldt, William MacGillivray (1869)
"... of the Rainy Season—Progress of Atmospherical Phenomena—cetaceous Animals—Voyage
down the Ria Apure—Vegetation and Wild Animals—Crocodiles, ..."
5. The History of Greenland: Including an Account of the Mission Carried on by by David Cranz (1820)
"I. WE next come to speak of the cetaceous order of animals, which having their
interior conformation similar to that of quadrupeds, should be carefully ..."
6. An Account of the Arctic Regions: With a History and Description of the by William Scoresby (1820)
"... of the cetaceous Kind, frequenting the Greenland Sea. U AL.KN A MYSTICETUS :—The
Common Whale, or Greenland ..."
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