odontocete

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin Odontoceti, From Ancient Greek ὀδόντος (odóntos, teeth) + κῆτος (kêtos, whale).

Pronunciation

Noun

odontocete (plural odontocetes)

  1. (zoology) Any member of the cetacean parvorder Odontoceti; a toothed whale.
    Sperm whales and dolphins are odontocetes.

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