Difference between Cetacean and Cetaceous

What is the difference between Cetacean and Cetaceous?

Cetacean as an adjective is pertaining to the zoologic order cetacea, or associated with species falling under that taxonomic hierarchy. while Cetaceous as an adjective is relating to whales or more generally to any marine mammal of the order cetacea.

Cetacean

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Pertaining to the zoologic order Cetacea, or associated with species falling under that taxonomic hierarchy. More generally, relating to large aquatic mammals, either directly or by analogy.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An animal belonging to the order Cetacea, including dolphins, porpoises, and whales.

Cetaceous

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Relating to whales or more generally to any marine mammal of the order Cetacea.

We hope you now know whether to use Cetacean or Cetaceous in your sentence.

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