cetacean

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: ce=ta=cean

CIDE DICTIONARY

cetacean, n. 

 One of the Cetacea.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

cetacean, n. & adj.
--n. any marine mammal of the order Cetacea with streamlined hairless body and dorsal blowhole for breathing, including whales, dolphins, and porpoises.
--adj. of cetaceans.

Derivative

cetaceous adj.

Etymology

mod.L Cetacea f. L cetus f. Gk ketos whale

THESAURUS

cetacean

Loch Ness monster, alevin, baleen whale, beluga, benthon, benthos, blackfish, blue whale, cachalot, dolphin, finback, fingerling, fish, fry, game fish, grilse, humpback, killer, killer whale, kipper, man-eater, man-eating shark, marine animal, minnow, minny, narwhal, nekton, panfish, plankton, porpoise, salmon, sea monster, sea pig, sea serpent, sea snake, shark, smolt, sperm whale, sponge, sulfur-bottom whale, tropical fish, whale