Physeter
See also: physeter
Translingual
Etymology
From Latin phȳsēter (“sperm whale”), from Ancient Greek φυσητήρ (phusētḗr, “blowpipe”).
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 macrocephalus - sole accepted extant species
References
- Sperm whale on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Physeter on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category: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