Definition for CE-TA'CE-OUS

CE-TA'CE-OUS, a. [L. cete; Gr. κητος, a whale.]

Pertaining to the whale; belonging to the whale kind. The cetaceous fishes include the genera Monodon, Balæna, Physeter and Delphinus. They have no gills, but an aperture on the top of the head, and a flat or horizontal tail. They are predaceous in their habits. – Encyc.

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