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Physeter

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Phy`se´ter
n.1.(Zool.) The genus that includes the sperm whale.
2.A filtering machine operated by air pressure.
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Noun1.PhyseterPhyseter - type genus of the Physeteridae      
genus Physeter
mammal genus - a genus of mammals
family Physeteridae, Physeteridae - sperm whales
cachalot, Physeter catodon, sperm whale, black whale - large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil; also a source of ambergris


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--This whale, among the English of old vaguely known as the Trumpa whale, and the Physeter whale, and the Anvil Headed whale, is the present Cachalot of the French, and the Pottsfich of the Germans, and the Macrocephalus of the Long Words.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
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