Definition of Cetacean. Meaning of Cetacean. Synonyms of Cetacean

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Definition of Cetacean

Cetacean
Cetacean Ce*ta"cean, n. (Zo["o]l.) One of the Cetacea.

Meaning of Cetacean from wikipedia

- using their flipper-shaped forelimbs to maneuver. While the majority of cetaceans live in marine environments, a small number reside solely in brackish...
- Cetacean bycatch (or cetacean by-catch) is the accidental capture of non-target cetacean species such as dolphins, porpoises, and whales by fisheries....
- Cetacean intelligence is the overall intelligence and derived cognitive ability of aquatic mammals belonging in the infraorder Cetacea (cetaceans), including...
- Cetacean stranding, commonly known as beaching, is a phenomenon in which whales and dolphins strand themselves on land, usually on a beach. Beached whales...
- The evolution of cetaceans is thought to have begun in the Indian subcontinent from even-toed ungulates (Artiodactyla) 50 million years ago (mya) and...
- they correspond to large members of the infraorder Cetacea, i.e. all cetaceans apart from dolphins and porpoises. Dolphins and porpoises may be considered...
- The melon is a m**** of adipose tissue found in the foreheads of all toothed whales. It focuses and modulates the animal's vocalizations and acts as a sound...
- right whale). There are currently 16 species of baleen whales. While cetaceans were historically thought to have descended from mesonychians, molecular...
- diverged from each other in the Eocene some 50 million years ago (mya). Cetaceans are descended from land-dwelling hoofed mammals, and the now extinct archaeocetes...
- Sponges (also known as sea sponges), the members of the phylum Porifera (/pəˈrɪfərə/; meaning 'pore bearer'), are a basal animal clade as a sister of the...