cetaceousadj.

/sɪˈteɪʃəs/

Forms: Also 1600s cetacious, (erron.) setaceous.

Etymology: Formed as cetacean adj.; see -aceous suffix.

Zoology.

Belonging to the order Cetacea; of the whale kind, of the nature of the whale.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > [adjective]

cetaceous1646

cetacean1850

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 203 Cetacious and cartilagineous fishes.

1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall Digress. 370 Such [fishes] as are not Setaceous..have not Respiration, properly so call'd.

1759 B. Stillingfleet tr. Misc. Tracts 70 The cetaceous fish have warm blood, and therefore they bring forth their young alive, and suckle them.

1804 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. (ed. 2) II. 129 Cetaceous Animals..Linnæus's seventh order of Mammalia.

in extended use.1862 B. Taylor At Home & Abroad 2nd Ser. 418 I suspected a huge cetaceous mirthfulness behind this repose.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	cetaceous
释义	cetaceousadj. /sɪˈteɪʃəs/ Forms: Also 1600s cetacious, (erron.) setaceous. Etymology: Formed as cetacean adj.; see -aceous suffix. Zoology. Belonging to the order Cetacea; of the whale kind, of the nature of the whale. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > [adjective] cetaceous1646 cetacean1850 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 203 Cetacious and cartilagineous fishes. View more context for this quotation 1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall Digress. 370 Such [fishes] as are not Setaceous..have not Respiration, properly so call'd. 1759 B. Stillingfleet tr. Misc. Tracts 70 The cetaceous fish have warm blood, and therefore they bring forth their young alive, and suckle them. 1804 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. (ed. 2) II. 129 Cetaceous Animals..Linnæus's seventh order of Mammalia. in extended use.1862 B. Taylor At Home & Abroad 2nd Ser. 418 I suspected a huge cetaceous mirthfulness behind this repose. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1646
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