解释
- n. 鲸类
※ 提供单词"Cetacea"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。
英文词源
- Cetacea (n.)
- order of marine mammals containing whales, 1830, Modern Latin, from Latin cetus "any large sea creature" (whales, seals, dolphins), from Greek ketos "a whale, a sea monster," which is of unknown origin, + -acea. Hence cetology "the study of whales," first attested 1851 in "Moby Dick."