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cetacean

/si-tey-shuhn/US // sɪˈteɪ ʃən //UK // (sɪˈteɪʃən) //

鲸类动物,鲸目动物,鲸类,鲸鱼类

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : belonging to the Cetacea, an order of aquatic, chiefly marine mammals, including the whales and dolphins.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a cetacean mammal.

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Examples

  • However much the cetacean acrobatics look like mirth, we would be wrong to put that idea onto what we’re seeing.

  • Regardless of the purpose of their soulful howls, whale songs are a cost-effective way to study cetaceans.

  • Firstly, a range of cetacean behaviors are interpreted as displays of notable intelligence.

  • That would put mole-rats on the ever-expanding list of animals known to have such dialects, a list once limited to songbirds and cetaceans.

  • He went and stood on the bank, in the interest of science, and studied the habits of the cetacean, but he got no results.

  • He ran away through the woods around the north shore, and I ran after, to see him study the habits of the cetacean.

  • In his agony, the great cetacean, instead of sounding, threw himself blindly toward the boat.

  • The enormous cetacean disappeared and reappeared as the waves rose and fell, showing its black back like a rock in open sea.

  • One must harpoon him like a cetacean with questions to make him talk at all.