"Cetacea" meaning in All languages combined

See Cetacea on Wiktionary

Proper name [Translingual]

Etymology: From Cete (Latin cetus (“whale, porpoise, dolphin”), from Ancient Greek κῆτος (kêtos, “sea-monster or huge fish”)) + -acea. Etymology templates: {{taxlink|Cete|genus}} Cete, {{der|mul|la|cetus||whale, porpoise, dolphin}} Latin cetus (“whale, porpoise, dolphin”), {{der|mul|grc|κῆτος||sea-monster or huge fish}} Ancient Greek κῆτος (kêtos, “sea-monster or huge fish”), {{suffix|mul||acea}} + -acea Head templates: {{head|mul|proper noun|||g=|g2=|head=|nogendercat=1}} Cetacea
  1. The whales, porpoises and dolphins
    A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia.
    Translations (taxonomic order): morviled [plural] (Breton), kytovci [masculine, plural] (Czech), cétacé [masculine] (French), ვეშაპისნაირნი (vešaṗisnairni) (Georgian), Wale [masculine, plural] (German), Wale und Delphine [masculine, plural] (German), κητώδη (kitódi) (Greek)
    Sense id: en-Cetacea-mul-name-KIV1MhFA Categories (other): Taxonomic names needing vernacular names, Taxonomic names (order) Disambiguation of 'taxonomic order': 47 26 27
  2. The whales, porpoises and dolphins
    A taxonomic infraorder within the order Artiodactyla.
    Sense id: en-Cetacea-mul-name-aeDnGJzA Categories (other): Taxonomic names needing vernacular names, Taxonomic names (infraorder)
  3. The whales, porpoises and dolphins
    A taxonomic infraorder within the order Cetartiodactyla.
    Sense id: en-Cetacea-mul-name-MG8ObXuU Categories (other): Taxonomic names needing vernacular names, Taxonomic names (infraorder), Translingual entries with incorrect language header, Translingual terms suffixed with -acea Disambiguation of Translingual entries with incorrect language header: 30 30 41 Disambiguation of Translingual terms suffixed with -acea: 31 28 41 Hyponyms (Mysticeti (baleen whale), Odontoceti (toothed whale, including dolpin and porpoise) (suborders) †Archaeoceti (extinct suborder)): Balaenidae (english: family), Balaenopteridae (english: family), Eschrichtiidae (english: family), Neobalaenidae (english: family; baleen whale), Delphinidae (english: family), Iniidae (english: family), Platanistidae (english: family), Lipotidae (english: family), Pontoporiidae (english: family; dolphin), Phocoenidae (alt: porpoise) (english: family), Kogiidae (english: family), Monodontidae (alt: narwhal and beluga) (english: family), Physeteridae (english: family; sperm whale), Ziphiidae (english: family; beaked whale) Disambiguation of 'Mysticeti (baleen whale), Odontoceti (toothed whale, including dolpin and porpoise) (suborders) †Archaeoceti (extinct suborder)': 28 28 44
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms (order): Eukaryota (english: superkingdom), Animalia (english: kingdom), Bilateria (english: subkingdom), Deuterostomia (english: infrakingdom), Chordata (english: phylum), Vertebrata (english: subphylum), Gnathostomata (english: infraphylum), Tetrapoda (english: superclass), Mammalia (english: class)
Disambiguation of 'order': 37 31 31

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          "Cetartiodactyla#Translingual"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "taxonomic order",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "morviled"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "taxonomic order",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "kytovci"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "taxonomic order",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cétacé"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "vešaṗisnairni",
      "sense": "taxonomic order",
      "word": "ვეშაპისნაირნი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "taxonomic order",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Wale"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "taxonomic order",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Wale und Delphine"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kitódi",
      "sense": "taxonomic order",
      "word": "κητώδη"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Cetacea"
}

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