order Cetacea

Thesaurus

Noun

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order Cetacea - an order of Eutheria Cetaceaanimal order - the order of animalsEutheria, subclass Eutheria - all mammals except monotremes and marsupialscetacean, cetacean mammal, blower - large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises; narwhalsMysticeti, suborder Mysticeti - baleen whales: right whales; rorquals; blue whales; humpbacksOdontoceti, suborder Odontoceti - toothed whales: dolphins; porpoises; sperm whales; beaked whalesfamily Monodontidae, Monodontidae - narwhals