Odontoceti

O don to ce ti |ōˌdäntəˈsētē oʊˌdɑntəˈsiti |Zoology the taxonomic division that comprises the toothed whales. [Suborder Odontoceti, order Cetacea. ] DERIVATIVES o don to cete |ōˈdän (t )əˌsēt |noun & adjective ORIGIN modern Latin (plural ), from Greek odous, odont- ‘tooth ’ + ceti ‘of a whale ’ (genitive of cetus, from Greek kētos ‘whale ’).

Odontoceti

Odontoceti |əʊˌdɒntə (ʊ )ˈsiːti | ▶plural noun Zoology a division of the whales that comprises the toothed whales. ●Suborder Odontoceti, order Cetacea. DERIVATIVES odontocete noun & adjective ORIGIN modern Latin (plural ), from Greek odous, odont- ‘tooth ’ + ceti ‘of a whale ’ (genitive of cetus, from Greek kētos ‘whale ’).