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Webster 1913 Edition


Cetaceous

Ce-ta′ceous

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Adj.
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the Cetacea.

Webster 1828 Edition


Cetaceous

CETACEOUS

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Adj.
Pertaining to the whale; belonging to the whale kind. The cetacceous fishes include the genera monodon, balaena, physeter and delphinus. They have no gills, but an aperture on the top of the head, and a flat or horizontal tail.