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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
Proper noun
Physeter m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Physeteridae – the sperm whale.
physeter
physeter
See also: Physeter
English
Noun
physeter (plural physeters)
- (zoology) A member of the genus Physeter; a sperm whale.
- A filtering machine operated by air pressure.
Latin
Noun
phȳsēter m (genitive phȳsēteris); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | phȳsēter | phȳsēterēs |
| genitive | phȳsēteris | phȳsēterum |
| dative | phȳsēterī | phȳsēteribus |
| accusative | phȳsēterem | phȳsēterēs |
| ablative | phȳsētere | phȳsēteribus |
| vocative | phȳsēter | phȳsēterēs |
References
- physeter in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “physeter”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.