Cetus

See also: cetus

Translingual

Etymology

Latin cetus (“marine mammal or sea monster”)

Proper noun

Cetus m

A taxonomic genus within the family Physeteridae – now an invalid name, synonymized with Physeter.

Hyponyms

(genus): Cetus cylindricus (syn. of Physeter catodon)

English

Etymology

From Latin cētus (“a sea monster”).

Proper noun

Cetus

(astronomy) A winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a whale. It includes the star Mira.

Derived terms

Ceti

Translations

winter constellation of the northern sky

Chinese:
Cantonese: 鯨魚座, 鲸鱼座 (king⁴ jyu⁴ zo⁶)

Mandarin: 鯨魚座／鲸鱼座 (zh) (Jīngyúzuò)
Estonian: Vaal
Finnish: Valas, Valaskala (fi)
French: Baleine (fr) f
Galician: Balea (gl)
German: Walfisch (de) m
Greek: Κήτος (el) n (Kítos)
Ancient: Κῆτος n (Kêtos)
Irish: an Míol Mór m
Japanese: 鯨座 (ja) (くじらざ, Kujiraza), くじら座 (ja)
Kazakh: Кит (Kit)
Korean: 고래자리 (goraejari)
Latin: Cētus m
Malay: Ikan Paus
Middle Persian: 𐭪𐭤𐭲‎ (kht /kaht/)
Persian: قیطس‎ (fa) (qeytos)
Polish: Wieloryb (pl) m
Russian: Кит (ru) (Kit)
Spanish: Cetus
Tagalog: Dambuhala

Anagrams

cutes, scute

Spanish

Proper noun

Cetus ?

(astronomy) Cetus (winter constellation of the northern sky)

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