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单词 cete
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ceten.1

/siːt/
Etymology: < Old French cete, feminine, < Latin cētus whale, in plural cētē neuter < Greek κήτη , κήτεα whales: see quot. 1803.
A whale, a sea monster.
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the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > [noun] > member of
whalec893
cetec1220
blubber-fish1756
sea-pig1826
cetacean1835
the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > aquatic monster or serpent
nickerOE
cetec1220
dragona1340
serra1449
hurlpool1553
afanc1573
orcc1590
sea monster1600
Hydrus1667
sea-dragon1749
kraken1755
sea-snake1755
Midgard1770
the (great) sea-serpent1774
sea-worm1799
taniwha1840
makara1873
Mamlambo1919
lau1923
Ogopogo1926
c1220 Bestiary 513 in Old Eng. Misc. 16 Ðis cete ðanne hise chaueles lukeð.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) xiii. xxvi. 463 The whale is callyd Cete.
1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. II. 141 The Cete, Linnaeus's seventh order of Mammalia.
1854 C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics 205 This real cete of a scomber measured thirty-two feet lengthways, and had..a girth of sixteen feet.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

ceten.2

Etymology: possibly < Latin coetus (in medieval spelling cetus) meeting, assembly, company.
Obsolete.
A ‘company’ of badgers.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Mustelidae (weasel, marten, otter, or badger) > [noun] > genus Meles (badger) > collectively
cete1486
1486 Bk. St. Albans F vj a A Cete of Graies.
1801 J. Strutt Glig-gamena Angel-ðeod i. i. 19.
1886 Standard 13 Oct. Keeping what the old writers used to call a ‘cete of badgers’.]
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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