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Webster 1913 Edition

Odontocete

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O-donˊto-ce′te

(ō̍-dŏnˊtō̍-sē′tē̍)

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Noun.

pl.

[NL., from Gr.

ὀδούς

,

ὀδόντος

, a tooth +

κῆτοσ

a whale.]

(Zool.)

A subdivision of Cetacea, including the sperm whale, dolphins, etc.; the toothed whales.