cetacean

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and cetacean

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while cetacean is an animal belonging to the order cetacea, including dolphins, porpoises, and whales.

As an adjective cetacean is

pertaining to the zoologic order cetacea, or associated with species falling under that taxonomic hierarchy.

As nouns the difference between cetacean and basilosaurus

is that cetacean is an animal belonging to the order cetacea, including dolphins, porpoises, and whales while basilosaurus is any of several very large extinct cetaceans, of the family , from the late eocene.

As an adjective cetacean

is pertaining to the zoologic order cetacea, or associated with species falling under that taxonomic hierarchy.

As nouns the difference between cetacean and protocetid

is that cetacean is an animal belonging to the order cetacea, including dolphins, porpoises, and whales while protocetid is any of a group of extinct cetaceans, of the family , from the eocene period.

As an adjective cetacean

is pertaining to the zoologic order cetacea, or associated with species falling under that taxonomic hierarchy.

As nouns the difference between cetacean and whalesucker

is that cetacean is an animal belonging to the order cetacea, including dolphins, porpoises, and whales while whalesucker is a tropical species of remora, , that attaches exclusively to cetaceans.

As an adjective cetacean

is pertaining to the zoologic order cetacea, or associated with species falling under that taxonomic hierarchy.

As nouns the difference between cetacean and cete

is that cetacean is an animal belonging to the order cetacea, including dolphins, porpoises, and whales while cete is (rare) a cetacean.

As an adjective cetacean

is pertaining to the zoologic order cetacea, or associated with species falling under that taxonomic hierarchy.