Physeter
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Sperm whale mother and child
See also: physeter
Translingual
Etymology
From Latin phȳsēter (“sperm whale”), from Ancient Greek φυσητήρ (phusētḗr).
Proper noun
Physeter m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Physeteridae – the sperm whale.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Artiodactyla – order; Cetacea - infraorder; Neoceti - clade; Odontoceti - parvorder; Physeteridae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Physeter catodon, syn. Physeter macrocephalus - sole accepted extant species
References
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 at Bucknell.
- Physeter at AnimalBase
