Physeter
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See also: physeter
Translingual
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Mother_and_baby_sperm_whale.jpg/220px-Mother_and_baby_sperm_whale.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]From Latin phȳsēter (“sperm whale”), from Ancient Greek φυσητήρ (phusētḗr).
Proper noun
[edit]Physeter m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Physeteridae – the sperm whale.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Cetacea - order; Odontoceti - suborder; Physeteridae - family
Hyponyms
[edit]- (genus): Physeter catodon, syn. Physeter macrocephalus - sole accepted extant species
References
[edit]Sperm whale on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Physeter on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Physeter on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Physeter at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Physeter at World Register of Marine Species
- Physeter in Mammal Species of the World[1] at Bucknell.
- Physeter at AnimalBase