physeter
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See also: Physeter
English
Etymology
From Latin.
Noun
physeter (plural physeters)
- (zoology) A member of the genus Physeter; a sperm whale.
- A filtering machine operated by air pressure.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “physeter”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek φυσητήρ (phusētḗr).
Noun
phȳsēter m (genitive phȳsēteris); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | phȳsēter | phȳsēterēs |
| genitive | phȳsēteris | phȳsēterum |
| dative | phȳsēterī | phȳsēteribus |
| accusative | phȳsēterem | phȳsēterēs |
| ablative | phȳsētere | phȳsēteribus |
| vocative | phȳsēter | phȳsēterēs |
Descendants
References
- “physeter”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- physeter in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.