cetacea

• Given that background knowledge, when she learns that whales are cetacea, an order of the class mammalia, and learns what the characteristics of mammals are, including warm-bloodedness, she knows, without being told anything more, that whales aren't fish. —  The RBC
• Those who had spoken, satisfied with the reply, were quickly again asleep Silence once more reigned on board, broken only by the snores of the sleepers, though the blowing of whales or other cetacea could be heard every now and then, now in the distance, now somewhat nearer; and Willy hoped that in the morning they might be successful in catching some of the smaller ones, and obtain a supply of oil. —  The Voyages of the Ranger and Crusader And what befell their Passengers and Crews.
• A spiracle had developed at the apex of my cranium, and I exuded water through a cavity or 'blow-hole' in the top of my head, like the cetacea around me The naturalist here paused and ran his hand through his hair. —  Tales of the Chesapeake
• It was clear to me that some inconceivable catastrophe had overtaken the island during the summer, destroying all life about it, except some few of the amphibia, cetacea, and crustacea On the 5th December, having crept out from the den during a southern storm, I had, for the third time, a distant whiff of that self-same odour of peach-blossom: but now without any after-effects Well, again came Christmas, the New Year--Spring: and on the 22nd May I set out with a well-stocked kayak. —  The Purple Cloud
• I have taken the trouble to make that difficult comparison in the case of the cetacea, the seals, etc.; I have examined many histories of voyages; I have gathered together all the descriptions of animals; and I have recognised important differences between the most similar of these supposedly identical species Nobody, I dare say, has collected more animals than I have done in the southern hemisphere. —  Terre Napoleón; a History of French Explorations and Projects in Australia

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