Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cetaceous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ceta-ceous
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to whales or more generally to any marine mammal of the infraorder Cetacea.

Etymology

Cetacea + -ous

Word Breakdown

Suffix: ous

Synonyms

cetacean

Rhymes With

gracious spacious cretaceous tenacious audacious gaseous herbaceous voracious flirtatious vivacious ostentatious fallacious

Questions

What does cetaceous mean?: Relating to whales or more generally to any marine mammal of the infraorder Cetacea.
Where does cetaceous come from?: Cetacea + -ous

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