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English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from New Latin Odontoceti, From Ancient Greek ὀδόντος (odóntos, “teeth”) + κῆτος (kêtos, “whale”).
Pronunciation
Noun
odontocete (plural odontocetes)
- (zoology) Any member of the cetacean parvorder Odontoceti; a toothed whale.
Sperm whales and dolphins are odontocetes.
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