ceto-, cet-, -cete, -ceti

The zeuglodonts, a suborder of aquatic Eocene mammals in the order Cetacea; the oldest known cetaceans.

A taxonomic order or marine mammals, including the whales, dolphins, and porpoises: The order of Cetacea comprises two extant suborders, the Odentoceta and the Mysticeta, including the whales, dolphins, and porpoises. The bodies of these mammals are streamlined, the forelimbs are modified as flippers, the hind-limbs are absent, and their tails bear lateral flukes. The nares are dorsal, the eyes are small, and the pinnae is absent. The skin is essentially hairless with a thick layer of subcutaneous fat for insulation. And, for breathing, they have a blow-hole on top of their heads.

Any of various wholly aquatic placental mammals belonging to the order Cetacea, which includes the dolphins, porpoises, and whales. Their bodies are fish-shaped and adapted for swimming, with forelimbs in the form of paddlelike flippers. Functional hindlimbs are not seen. The long tail ends in two tranverse flukes, horizontally flattened tail used for locomotion. Hair is found only on the muzzle. There is a thick layer of fat (blubber) beneath the skin.

One of two families of large aquatic carnivorous mammals: Cetacean mammals have flipper-like forelimbs, no hind limbs, but paddle shaped tails. The Cetacean mammals include whales, dolphins, porpoises, and narwhals.

1. A reference to whales.
2. Like or resembling whales.

They are of the family Cetacea that consists of whales, dolphins, and porpoises.

The killing of whales or other cetaceans.

Someone who specializes in the zoology of whales and related aquatic mammals.

The scientific study of cetaceans including whales, dolphins, and porpoises.

Whalefishes; cosmopolitan family containing ten species of small (to 150 mm) bathypelagic beryciform teleost fishes; body flabby, fragile, naked; head large, eyes and teeth minute; pelvic fins absent.

Any whale of the suborder Mysticeti, as finback and humpback whales, characterized by a symmetrical skull, paired blowholes, and rows of baleen plates for feeding on plankton.

Any whale of the suborder Mysticeti, as finback and humpback whales, characterized by a symmetrical skull, paired blowholes, and rows of baleen plates for feeding on plankton.

Any whale of the suborder Odontoceti, as dolphins, killer whales, and sperm whales, characterized by an asymmetrical skull, a single blowhole, and rows of teeth, feeding primarily on fish, squid, and crustaceans.

Toothed whales: dolphins; porpoises; sperm whales; beaked whales.

A waxy substance obtained from the head of sperm whales and other cetaceans. It is thought to function in buoyancy control during deep dives. It is used in some ointments, cosmetics, and candles.