Definition
Relating to, resembling, or belonging to whales and other cetaceans.
Etymology
From cetacea + -ous (characterized by), following the pattern of scientific adjective formation.
Kelly Says
The word 'cetaceous' is rarely used today, but older naturalists would describe a creature as 'cetaceous' if it had whale-like features—showing how detailed their vocabulary was for describing the ocean's mysteries!
Translations
CACatalà
cetàcies
se-ta-tsies
CSČeština
cetácové
ce-ta-ko-ve
ELΕλληνικά
cetάκεια
t͡se-ta-keia
ESEspañol
cetáceo
se-ta-tseo
FAفارسی
پستانداران دریایی
paste-dan-dar-e daryayi
FRFrançais
cétacés
sɛ-ta-se
GUGU
સેટાસીયન
se-ta-sīyan
HEעברית
יונקים ימיים
yonkim yameem
IDBahasa Indonesia
cetacea
se-ta-tsea
ITItaliano
cetACEo
che-ta-tseo
MSBahasa Melayu
cetacea
se-ta-tsea
MYမြန်မာ
ကျွန်တော်
kyun-taw
NLNederlands
walvisachtigen
wal-vis-a-chti-gen
PLPolski
cetácei
ce-ta-tse-i
PTPortuguês
cetáceo
se-ta-tseo
RORomână
cetăcei
ce-ta-tsei
RUРусский
китообразные
kitoobraznye
SWKiswahili
cetacea
se-ta-tsea
TAதமிழ்
ஒக்கேயன்
okkay-an
THไทย
สัตว์ทะเล
sat-ta-lae
TRTürkçe
cetasialar
se-ta-si-al-ar
UKУкраїнська
китоподібні
kito-podibni
VITiếng Việt
cá voi
ca voi