Definitions for Mysticete

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Mysticete mys·ti·cete

Spelling: [mis-tuh-seet]

IPA: /ˈmɪs təˌsit/

Mysticete is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 215 anagrams from letters in Mysticete (ceeimstty).

Definitions for Mysticete

noun

1. any whale of the suborder Mysticeti, as finback and humpback whales, characterized by a symmetrical skull, paired blowholes, and rows of baleen plates for feeding on plankton.

Origin of Mysticete

1825-35; New Latin Mysticeti, plural of Mysticetus Greek mystíkētos or mŷs tò kêtos whalebone whale, literally, mouse-whale (term used in extant texts of Aristotle, perhaps a corruption of *m

Examples for Mysticete

That was why the mysticete we had killed the day before did not start to drag the Scarboro toward the school.