odontocete

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /oʊˈdɑn(t)əˌsit/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɒˈdɒntəˌsiːt/, /əʊˈdɒntəsiːt/

Noun

odontocete (plural odontocetes)

1. (zoology) Any member of the cetacean parvorder Odontoceti; a toothed whale.

   Sperm whales and dolphins are odontocetes.

Translations

toothed whale — see toothed whale