The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word PORPOISE , but the solution may also be WHALE which is one of the most recent solution (2003 in King Syndicate).
Cetacean crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PORPOISE | 20 % | 8 |
| ORCA | 20 % | 4 |
| NARWAL | 20 % | 6 |
| ORC | 20 % | 3 |
| WHALE | 20 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Cetacean
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- blower
- cetacean mammal
- whale
- cetacea
- narwal
- dolphin
- pinniped
- whales
- mammal
- humpback
- seabird
- odontocete
Crossword Answer definitions
PORPOISE noun- A small cetacean of the family Phocoenidae, related to dolphins and whales.
- (imprecisely) Any small dolphin.
- Said of an air-breathing aquatic animal such as a porpoise or penguin: To repeatedly jump out of the water to take a breath and dive back in a continuous motion.
- Said of an aircraft: to make a series of plunges when taking off or landing; or of a watercraft: to successively plunge up and down in the water.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result PORPOISE
- Aquatic mammal
- Mammal whose name derives from the Latin words for "pig" and "fish"
- Certain cetacean
- Literally, "hog fish"
- Aquarium attraction
- Dolphin kin
- Sea mammal.
- Cetacean.
- Intelligent mammal.
- Aquarium performer
More clues leading to the result ORCA
- Quint's ship in "Jaws"
- Harris-Derek movie
- Killer whale
- Predatory whale
- Richard Harris thriller
- Shamu or Willy
- Whale of a movie?
- Killer at sea
- Ocean predator
- Puget Sound whale
More clues leading to the result NARWAL
More clues leading to the result ORC
- Killer whale
- Killer whale, in short
- Token Tolkien bad guy
- Tolkien beast
- Tolkien monster
- "Lord of the Rings" battle extra
- "The Hobbit" extra
- Dungeons & Dragons beast
- Hobbit creature
- Middle Earth being