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from The Century Dictionary.

  • A suborder of Cetacea containing the toothed whales.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun plural (Zoöl.) The division of Cetacea in which the teeth are developed, including the sperm whale, dolphins, etc.

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  • Denticete (adjective) means toothed (as a whale) OED.

    December 5, 2011