[{"word":"cetacean","phonetic":"/sɪˈteɪʃən/","phonetics":[{"text":"/sɪˈteɪʃən/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"An animal belonging to the order Cetacea, including dolphins, porpoises, and whales.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The tour promised spiritual experiences with humpback whales and other cetaceans, but all we saw were seagulls and a dead sea otter."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"adjective","definitions":[{"definition":"Pertaining to the zoologic order Cetacea, or associated with species falling under that taxonomic hierarchy.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The poached blubber was definitely cetacean in origin, but the particular species could not be identified."},{"definition":"(by extension, sometimes figurative) Resembling or relating to large aquatic mammals.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The obese woman, ungainly on land, moved with a kind of cetacean grace in the water."}],"synonyms":["cetaceous"],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cetacean"]}]