Cetacea (Noun)
Meaning
An order of Eutheria.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Cetacea is a widely recognized clade of aquatic mammals within the class Mammalia.
- Whales and dolphins are both classified under the order Cetacea.
- Scientists group all whales and dolphins under the single order Cetacea, regardless of size.
- There is an ongoing debate over whether cetacea and artiodactyla form a single clade or distinct ones.
- According to a new research study, Cetacea consists of more than eighty different species of aquatic mammals.