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Meanings of cetacean in English
Large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises; narwhals.
Spanish
cetáseo Synonyms
Examples for "cetaceous"
Examples for "cetaceous"
1
What, then, is this cetaceous monster of which no Cuvier ever thought?
2
It has not the fetid smell of whale-oil, or that of the other cetaceous animals which spout water.
3
Captain King, in his manuscript, remarks, that the coasts of New South Wales, and the north-western side of New Holland, abound in cetaceous animals.
4
Are these cetacea peculiar to the great rivers of South America, like the manatee, which, according to Cuvier, is also a fresh water cetaceous animal?
Usage of cetacean in English
1
To begin with, the cetacean tongue has the most original appearance possible.
2
This cetacean is rather rare and does not figure in medieval records.
3
Under these conditions, who wouldn't have mistaken it for a gigantic cetacean?
4
He differs from that great cetacean, though, in a most important particular; i.e.
5
The cetacean had rammed our frigate at about eleven o'clock in the evening.
6
The enormous head of this cetacean occupies about a third of its body.
7
With panting chests and anxious eyes, we each would observe the cetacean's movements.
8
Who under such circumstances would not have taken it for a gigantic cetacean?
9
What can be this cetacean, which neither Cuvier nor Blumenbach knew anything about?
10
This is the first time a cetacean has been found in such an environment.
11
These findings suggest that PMab-237 may be useful for immunohistochemical analyses for cetacean tissues.
12
I observed it carefully, trying to find out the nature of this gigantic cetacean.
13
I watched it attentively, seeking to find out the nature of this gigantic cetacean.
14
Floating on its side, its belly riddled with bites, the poor cetacean was dead.
15
Besides, that sea, so fine, was marvelously conducive to the pursuit of a cetacean.
16
Like a cetacean's tail, its propeller churned the waves slowly.
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