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from The Century Dictionary.
- A superfamily group of odontocete cetaceans, containing all the living toothed whales, porpoises, dolphins, etc., excepting the sperm-whales or cachalots.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural (Zoöl.) The division of Cetacea which comprises the dolphins, porpoises, and related forms.
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