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Cetacea in a sentence

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Cetacea | Cetaceans | Cetacean

Cetacea meaning

Whale-like mammals.

Synonyms of Cetacea

order cetacea animal order

Related words

Other words often associated with Cetacea or its synonyms:

order

Using Cetacea

  • The main meaning on this page is: Whale-like mammals.
  • Useful related words include: order cetacea, animal order.
  • In the example corpus, cetacea often appears in combinations such as: cetacea are.

Context around Cetacea

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 21.1 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

order 1× whales 1× orders 1× chiroptera 1×

Often after:

descend 1× sirenia 1×

Sentence patterns with Cetacea

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and whales cetacea 1× artiodactyla and cetacea into cetiartiodactyla 1× cetacea are deliberate 1× pholidota chiroptera cetacea sirenia and 1× that the cetacea descend from 1× the order cetacea are found 1× two orders cetacea and artiodactyla 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

cetacea are deliberate 1× egerton p 102 1× molecular studies however 1× shared modern nomenclature 1× the aquatic cetaceans 1× the term was 1×

Common sentence endings:

a single word 1× and whales cetacea 1× australian coastal waters 1× cetacea into cetiartiodactyla 1× inhale and exhale 1× order remains uncertain 1×

Words around Cetacea

Just before it in the word index:

ceta 7 cet 54 cestoni 2 cestoda 2 cester 2 ceste 2

Just after it in the word index:

cetacean 20 cetaceans 53 cetag 2 cetagandan 5 cetagandans 3 cetane 4

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaba 10 aafc 10 aaib 10 aalbers 10 abbate 10 abbesses 10

Corpus analysis for Cetacea

  • In this selection, "cetacea" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, order, whales, orders, descend and sirenia stand out and add context to how "cetacea" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and whales cetacea and artiodactyla and cetacea into cetiartiodactyla. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "cetacea" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with cetacea

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Cetacea are deliberate breathers who must be awake to inhale and exhale. (12 words)

The term was coined by merging the name for the two orders, Cetacea and Artiodactyla, into a single word. (19 words)

The aquatic Cetaceans evolved from even-toed ungulate ancestors, and modern taxonomic classification therefore subsumes Artiodactyla and Cetacea into Cetiartiodactyla. (20 words)

Longer example sentences

They only occur on about 20% of all placentalian mammal species, and are unknown from several orders of mammals (Monotremata, Edentata, Pholidota, Chiroptera, Cetacea, Sirenia and Proboscidea). (27 words)

Shared modern nomenclature divides Cetartiodactyla in five subordinate taxa that are also monophyletic: camelids (Tylopoda), pigs and peccaries (Suina), ruminants (Ruminantia), hippos (Ancodonta), and whales (Cetacea). (26 words)

Egerton, p. 102. Menkhorst and Knight, p. 254. Forty-six marine mammals from the order Cetacea are found in Australian coastal waters. (22 words)

Example sentences (7)

Cetacea are deliberate breathers who must be awake to inhale and exhale.

Egerton, p. 102. Menkhorst and Knight, p. 254. Forty-six marine mammals from the order Cetacea are found in Australian coastal waters.

Molecular studies, however, have shown that the Cetacea descend from the Artiodactyl ancestors, although the precise phylogeny within the order remains uncertain.

Shared modern nomenclature divides Cetartiodactyla in five subordinate taxa that are also monophyletic: camelids (Tylopoda), pigs and peccaries (Suina), ruminants (Ruminantia), hippos (Ancodonta), and whales (Cetacea).

The aquatic Cetaceans evolved from even-toed ungulate ancestors, and modern taxonomic classification therefore subsumes Artiodactyla and Cetacea into Cetiartiodactyla.

The term was coined by merging the name for the two orders, Cetacea and Artiodactyla, into a single word.

They only occur on about 20% of all placentalian mammal species, and are unknown from several orders of mammals (Monotremata, Edentata, Pholidota, Chiroptera, Cetacea, Sirenia and Proboscidea).

Common combinations with cetacea

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "cetacea" in a sentence?
An example: "Cetacea are deliberate breathers who must be awake to inhale and exhale." This page contains 7 example sentences with the word "cetacea" from authentic English texts.
What does "cetacea" mean?
Cetacea means: Whale-like mammals.
What are synonyms of "cetacea"?
Common synonyms of "cetacea" include: order cetacea, animal order.
How many example sentences with "cetacea" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 7 example sentences with "cetacea", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.