zeuglodontia

zeuglodontia
zeu·glo·don·tia

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  • zeuglodontia — …   Useful english dictionary

  • The Denticete including the dolphins and sperm whale which have teeth Another suborder Zeuglodontia is extinct The Sirenia were formerly included in the Cetacea but are now made a separate order — Cetacea Ce*ta ce*a, n. pl. [NL., from L. cetus whale, Gr. ?.] (Zo[ o]l.) An order of marine mammals, including the whales. Like ordinary mammals they breathe by means of lungs, and bring forth living young which they suckle for some time. The… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Cetacea — Ce*ta ce*a, n. pl. [NL., from L. cetus whale, Gr. ?.] (Zo[ o]l.) An order of marine mammals, including the whales. Like ordinary mammals they breathe by means of lungs, and bring forth living young which they suckle for some time. The anterior… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • The Mysticete or whalebone whales having no true teeth after birth but with a series of plates of whalebone see Baleen hanging down from the upper jaw on each side thus making a strainer through which they receive the small animals upon which they feed — Cetacea Ce*ta ce*a, n. pl. [NL., from L. cetus whale, Gr. ?.] (Zo[ o]l.) An order of marine mammals, including the whales. Like ordinary mammals they breathe by means of lungs, and bring forth living young which they suckle for some time. The… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Китообразные — (Cetacea) отряд млекопитающих, приспособившихся к исключительно водной жизни и отличающихся рыбообразной внешностью. Шея едва выражена и голова, часто относительно огромных размеров, непосредственно продолжается в веретеновидное туловище, с парой …   Энциклопедический словарь Ф.А. Брокгауза и И.А. Ефрона

  • Archaeoceti — Re …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Archéocètes — Archaeoceti Archaeoceti …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Wale — (Fischsäugetiere, Seesäugetiere, Walfische, Waltiere, Cetacea, Natantia; hierzu Tafel »Wale I und II«), eine Ordnung der Säugetiere mit oft kolossalem Körper ohne äußere Gliederung und von Fischgestalt. Ihre nächsten Verwandten auf dem Lande… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Zeuglŏdon — Owen (Jochzahn), Gattung aus der Ordnung der Wale, repräsentiert eine besondere Unterabteilung (Zeuglodontia) derselben und enthält riesige Tiere mit kaum abgesetztem, gestrecktem Kopf und verlängerter, schmaler Schnauze. Z. macrospondylus Hüll.… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • archaeoceti — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ or  ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ at archae +ˈsēˌtī Etymology: New Latin, from archae + ceti, plural of Latin cetus whale more at cete synonym of zeuglodontia …   Useful english dictionary

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