cetacea
cetacea noun: whale-like mammals.
Noun
cetacea pl (plural only)
- Whale-like mammals.
- Of cetacea, or whale-like mammals, sixty-five; ruminantia, or cud-chewers, one hundred and seventy-seven; pachydermata, or thick-skinned mammals, such as the horse, hog, and elephant, forty-one; edentata, like the sloth and ant-eater, thirty-five; rodentia, or gnawers, such as the rat, squirrel...1882, William Denton, The Deluge in the Light of Modern Science
- But here we give no such extracts, but content ourselves with four short skits, having the cetacea for their subject.1870, Various, Heads and Tales
cetacea meaning in Tamil
cetacea in Tamil
- கடற் பாலூட்டியினம்
Examples of cetacea in a sentence
- --Acalephae[1] are plentiful, so much so, indeed, that they occasionally tempt the larger cetacea into the Gulf of Manaar.1861, J. Emerson Tennent, Sketches of Natural History of Ceylon:
- Among the marine animals of Moreton Bay are two cetacea of great interest.1852, John MacGillivray, Narrative Of The Voyage Of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By The Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc....
Questions about cetacea
- What does cetacea mean?
- Cetacea means whale-like mammals.
- What is cetacea in Tamil?
- Cetacea in Tamil is கடற் பாலூட்டியினம். See Cetacea meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use cetacea in a sentence?
- --Acalephae[1] are plentiful, so much so, indeed, that they occasionally tempt the larger cetacea into the Gulf of Manaar.
- What part of speech is cetacea?
- Cetacea is a noun.
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