Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- The toothed whales or odontocete cetaceans, a suborder of Cete.
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- proper noun A taxonomic
suborder within theorder Cetacea — thetoothed whales .
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- noun toothed whales: dolphins; porpoises; sperm whales; beaked whales
Etymologies
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Examples
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The dolphins and porpoises are also classified in the scientific suborder, Odontoceti, which are the toothed whales.
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Fossil whales of the suborders Mysticeti and Odontoceti are known in abundance from Miocene and Pliocene sites like the 12-15 million-year-old Shark-Tooth Hill in the Temblor Formation of California and the 5-6 million-year-old Cerro Blanco in the Pisco Formation of Peru but the whales from these sites are essentially modern.
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ACUERDO por el que se establece como área de refugio para proteger a las especies de grandes ballenas de los subórdenes Mysticeti y Odontoceti, las zonas marinas que forman parte del territorio nacional y aquellas sobre las que la nación ejerce su soberanía y jurisdicción.
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Three of the whales are Basilosaurids, the latest surviving group of archaeocete whales which are the earliest, now extinct, sub-order of whales, ancestors of the modern Mysticeti and Odontoceti whale families.
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Dolphins (Greek: δελφίς, delphís, "dolphin") are a number of kinds of Cetaceans related to the toothed whales of the suborder Odontoceti, and are found throughout the world's oceans and several major river systems.
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Karajou 2010
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The White-beaked Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus albirostris) is a marine mammal belonging to the family Delphinidae (dolphins) in the suborder of the Odontoceti, or toothed whales.
WN.com - Articles related to Japan shows 'The Cove' after delay from protests 2010
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The White-beaked Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus albirostris) is a marine mammal belonging to the family Delphinidae (dolphins) in the suborder of the Odontoceti, or toothed whales.
WN.com - Articles related to Japan shows 'The Cove' after delay from protests 2010
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The White-beaked Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus albirostris) is a marine mammal belonging to the family Delphinidae (dolphins) in the suborder of the Odontoceti, or toothed whales.
WN.com - Articles related to Japan shows 'The Cove' after delay from protests 2010
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The White-beaked Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus albirostris) is a marine mammal belonging to the family Delphinidae (dolphins) in the suborder of the Odontoceti, or toothed whales.
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The White-beaked Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus albirostris) is a marine mammal belonging to the family Delphinidae (dolphins) in the suborder of the Odontoceti, or toothed whales.
WN.com - Articles related to Japan shows 'The Cove' after delay from protests 2010
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