·noun A cetacean, or a sirenian.
II. Mutilate ·adj Deprived of, or having lost, an important part; mutilated.
III. Mutilate ·adj Having finlike appendages or flukes instead of legs, as a cetacean.
IV. Mutilate ·vt To destroy or remove a material part of, so as to render imperfect; as, to mutilate the orations of Cicero.
V. Mutilate ·vt To cut off or remove a limb or essential part of; to Maim; to Cripple; to Hack; as, to mutilate the body, a statue, ·etc.