noun Download 🔗Share An animal belonging to the order Cetacea, including dolphins, porpoises, and whales. Examples : "The tour promised spiritual experiences with humpback whales and other cetaceans, but all we saw were seagulls and a dead sea otter." animal biology ocean nature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Pertaining to the zoologic order Cetacea, or associated with species falling under that taxonomic hierarchy. Examples : "The poached blubber was definitely cetacean in origin, but the particular species could not be identified." animal biology ocean nature fish science Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share (by extension, sometimes figurative) Resembling or relating to large aquatic mammals. Examples : "The obese woman, ungainly on land, moved with a kind of cetacean grace in the water." animal organism biology ocean nature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
