Translingual

Proper noun

Neoceti

1. A taxonomic clade within the order Cetacea.

Usage notes

• Used to accommodate the phylogenetics of extinct cetaceans, distinct from the extant suborders

Hypernyms

• (clade): Mammalia - class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort; Eutheria - cohort; Epitheria - magnorder; Laurasiatheria - superorder; Cetartiodactyla - clade; Cetacea - order

Hyponyms

• (clade): Mysticeti, Odontoceti - suborders

Coordinate terms

• (clade): †Archaeoceti - taxon