Definition of Cetaceous

1. Adjective. Of or relating to whales and dolphins etc.

Exact synonyms: Cetacean
Partainyms: Cetacea, Cetacea
Derivative terms: Cetacea, Cetacean, Cetacea

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

cestuan
cestui
cestuis
cestus
cestuses
cesura
cesurae
cesural
cesuras
cesure
cesures
cetacea
cetacean
cetacean mammal
cetaceans
cetaceous (current term)
cetalkonium chloride
cetane
cetane number
cetanes
cetartiodactyl
cetartiodactyls
cetchup
cete
ceterach
ceterachs
ceteris paribus
cetes

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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