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GENUS PHYSETER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Physeter mean?
• GENUS PHYSETER (noun)
The noun GENUS PHYSETER has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Physeteridae
Familiarity information: GENUS PHYSETER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Physeteridae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Physeter; Physeter
Hypernyms ("genus Physeter" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "genus Physeter"):
black whale; cachalot; Physeter catodon; sperm whale (large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil; also a source of ambergris)
Holonyms ("genus Physeter" is a member of...):
family Physeteridae; Physeteridae (sperm whales)
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