Cetacea

See also: cetacea and cetácea

Translingual

Balaenoptera musculus
(suborder Mysticeti)

Cephalarhynchus commersonii
(suborder Odontoceti)

Etymology

From Latin cetus (“whale, porpoise, dolphin”), from Ancient Greek κῆτος (kêtos, “sea-monster or huge fish”)) +‎ -acea.

Proper noun

Cetacea

A taxonomic order within the superorder Laurasiatheria – the whales, porpoises and dolphins.

Hyponyms

(order): Neoceti (clade)
- Mysticeti, Odontoceti (suborders) †Archaeoceti (extinct suborder)
  - Balaenidae, Balaenopteridae, Delphinidae, Eschrichtiidae, Iniidae, Kogiidae, Lipotidae, Monodontidae, Neobalaenidae, Phocoenidae, Physeteridae, Platanistidae, Pontoporiidae, Ziphiidae - families

Translations

taxonomic order

Breton: morviled (br) pl
Czech: kytovci m pl
French: cétacé (fr) m

Greek: κητώδη (kitódi)
Navajo: łóóʼtsoh dóó tééh hóyáanii

References

Cetacea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Cetacea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Cetacea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Cetacea at World Register of Marine Species
Cetacea in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
Cetacea on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Cetacea at the Tree of Life Web Project
Cetacea at Encyclopedia of Life
Cetacea at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Cetacea at Fossilworks
Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521

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