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Webster 1913 Edition


Denticete


Denˊti-ce′te

,
Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. L.
dens
,
dentis
, tooth +
cetus
, pl.
cete
, whale, Gr. [GREEK].]
(Zool.)
The division of Cetacea in which the teeth are developed, including the sperm whale, dolphins, etc.