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Definition of Order Cetacea
1. Noun. An order of Eutheria.
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Eutheria, Subclass Eutheria
Member holonyms: Blower, Cetacean, Cetacean Mammal, Mysticeti, Suborder Mysticeti, Odontoceti, Suborder Odontoceti, Family Monodontidae, Monodontidae
Derivative terms: Cetacean, Cetaceous
Lexicographical Neighbors of Order Cetacea
Literary usage of Order Cetacea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1893)
"Deer in a wild state have," he says, " lately come to the woods of Sir George
Clerk, Bart., about two miles from King Side Edge " (page 109). Order CETACEA. ..."
2. Outlines of Economic Zoölogy by Albert Moore Reese (1919)
"Whales, Dolphins, Etc.—The classification of this order is variously given by
different authors; by some these forms are all included in one order—Cetacea, ..."
3. A Manual of Natural History by Adolphe Boucard (1876)
"order Cetacea. THE WHALE.—The whale is the largest and best known of the mammals
forming the order Cetacea. It is hunted for its oil, and for the substance ..."
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