CETACEOUS, adjective Pertaining to the whale; belonging to the whale kind. The cetacceous fishes include the genera monodon, balaena, physeter and delphinus. They have no gills, but an aperture on the top of the head, and a flat or horizontal tail.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.