Physeter

See also: physeter

Translingual

sperm whale mother and child

Etymology

From Latin phȳsēter (“sperm whale”), from Ancient Greek φυσητήρ (phusētḗr).

Proper noun

Physeter m

1. 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; Cetacea - order; Odontoceti - suborder; 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^[1] at Bucknell.
• Physeter at AnimalBase