Physeter
See also: physeter
Translingual
editEtymology
editFrom Latin phȳsēter (“sperm whale”), from Ancient Greek φυσητήρ (phusētḗr).
Proper noun
editPhyseter m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Physeteridae – the sperm whale.
Hypernyms
edit- (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
edit- (genus): Physeter catodon, syn. Physeter macrocephalus - sole accepted extant species
References
edit- 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