odontocete

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odontocete

/oʊˈdɑn(t)əˌsit/ US
/ɒˈdɒntəˌsiːt/ UK
/əʊˈdɒntəsiːt/ UK

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

noun odontocetes

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

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@misc{odontocete_2026,
  title = {odontocete},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/odontocete},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}