Odontocete

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Odontocete \O*don`to*ce"te\ ([-o]*d[o^]n`t[-o]*s[=e]"t[-e]), n.
     pl. [NL., from Gr. 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, a tooth + kh^tos a
     whale.] (Zool.)
     A subdivision of Cetacea, including the sperm whale,
     dolphins, etc.; the toothed whales.
     [1913 Webster]