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cetacean mammal

DEFINITIONS OF: cetacean mammal

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n large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises; narwhals

Synonyms:
blower, cetacean
Types:
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whale
any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head
baleen whale, whalebone whale
whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water
toothed whale
any of several whales having simple conical teeth and feeding on fish etc.
Monodon monoceros, narwal, narwhal, narwhale
small Arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tusk
spouter
a spouting whale
Type of:
aquatic mammal
whales and dolphins; manatees and dugongs; walruses; seals
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