cetacean mammal

/səˌteɪʃən ˌmæməl/

Definitions of cetacean mammal

1. noun

   a large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs and no hind limbs such as whales, dolphins, and porpoises
   synonyms: blower, cetacean

   types:

   whale

   any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head

   baleen whale, whalebone whale

   whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water

   toothed whale

   any of several whales having simple conical teeth and feeding on fish etc.

   Monodon monoceros, narwal, narwhal, narwhale

   an Arctic cetacean, the male of which has a long ivory tusk

   spouter

   a spouting whale

   type of:

   aquatic mammal

   whales and dolphins; manatees and dugongs; walruses; seals