settas
Keywords: animals
| Pronunciation (IPA): | 'set.tas |
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| Part of Speech: | term noun |
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| Forms: | settas |
| Glosses: | whale, dolphin, porpoise |
Description:
The term 'settas' is a general word for whales that extends to include small toothed whales like dolphines as well as large whales. Old Common had no word for 'whale' - 'settas' was borrowed from the scientific term 'cetacean'.