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cetes

cetes is the plural of cete.

Meaning of cete

Noun (1)

cete (plural cetes)

  1. (rare) A cetacean.

Noun (2)

cete (plural cetes)

  1. (obsolete) A group of badgers; the warren of a group of badgers.
    • He told how the herons always came at St. Valentine's to Felborough Wood and Chilham, and how the terns came in screaming gaggles when September was ending, and where the squirrels' drays were mostly found, and where he had seen a cete of badgers.1927, Alfred Tresidder Sheppard, Here Comes an Old Sailor, page 246
    Synonyms:
    clan, sett

Questions about cetes

What is cetes the plural of?
Cetes is the plural of cete.

Words near cetes in the dictionary

  1. ceterach
  2. ceterachs
  3. ceteris paribus
  4. ceterone
  5. ceterones
  6. cetes
  7. cetferungulate
  8. cetferungulates
  9. Cethana
  10. Cethern
  11. Cethlenn

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