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Webster 1913 Edition


Physeter

Phy-se′ter

(fī-sē′tẽr)
,
Noun.
[L., fr. Gr.
φυσητήρ
, fr.
φυσᾶν
to blow: cf. F.
physétère
.]
[capitalized]
1.
(Zool.)
The genus that includes the sperm whale (
Physeter macrocephalus
).
2.
A filtering machine operated by air pressure.

Webster 1828 Edition


Physeter

PHYSETER.

[See Cachalot.]

Definition 2024


Physeter

Physeter

See also: physeter

Translingual

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Physeter m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Physeteridae – the sperm whale.

physeter

physeter

See also: Physeter

English

Wikispecies

Noun

physeter (plural physeters)

  1. (zoology) A member of the genus Physeter; a sperm whale.
  2. A filtering machine operated by air pressure.


Latin

Noun

phȳsēter m (genitive phȳsēteris); third declension

  1. blowpipe
  2. cachalot (large whale)

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative phȳsēter phȳsēterēs
genitive phȳsēteris phȳsēterum
dative phȳsēterī phȳsēteribus
accusative phȳsēterem phȳsēterēs
ablative phȳsētere phȳsēteribus
vocative phȳsēter phȳsēterēs

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