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comparative more cetacean, superlative most cetacean
Pertaining to the zoologic order Cetacea, or associated with species falling under that taxonomic hierarchy. quotations examples
She was not as demure as she was in Roanoke; she seemed at the beginning rather like she felt more comfortable in the oceanic atmosphere harpooning her opponent. Indeed, at times, it seemed she was Ahab and the witherwin Allen was her Moby Dick; but while she sails her Pequod just as intently toward a singular goal, her alastor is much less clear and she bears no visible scars of a cetacean attacker.
2012, Hampton Roads Republican US Senate Debate Summary
(by extension, sometimes figurative) Resembling or relating to large aquatic mammals. examples
plural cetaceans
An animal belonging to the order Cetacea, including dolphins, porpoises, and whales. examples