physeteroidn.adj.

Brit.

/fʌɪˈsiːtərɔɪd/, U.S.

/faɪˈsidəˌrɔɪd/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: physeter n., -oid suffix.

Etymology: < physeter n. + -oid suffix, after scientific Latin Physeteroidea, superfamily name ( T. Gill 1872 , in Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 11 ccxxx. 15).

Zoology.

A. n.

A member of the superfamily Physeteroidea, which includes the sperm whale, the pygmy and dwarf sperm whales (genus Kogia), and their fossil relatives.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > suborder Odontoceti > [noun] > family Physeteridae > genus Physeter (sperm whale)

trumpa1625

spermaceti whale1658

pot-walfish1694

parmacety1705

pot-fish1744

cachalot1747

physeter1753

sperm whale1839

sperm1840

macrocephalus1851

greyhead1859

physeteroid1876

1876 Nature 6 Apr. 450/2 Whales range themselves under the two principal heads of Ziphioids or Physeteroids, and Delphinoids.

1928 Q. Rev. Biol. 3 176/2 The oldest known Miocene physeteroids.

2001 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 98 7384/1 Among these four broad groups, the physteroids are usually basal.., and the delphinoids are the most recently diverged.

B. adj.

Of or relating to the superfamily Physeteroidea; resembling a sperm whale.

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1890 Cent. Dict. Physeteroid, a., belonging to the Physeteroidea, or having their characters; resembling the genus Physeter; xiphioid.

1926 Proc. U.S. National Mus. 66 xxvii. 1 (title) A fossil physeteroid cetacean from Santa Barbara County, California.

1998 Systematic Biol. 47 340/2 One of the physeteroid families..shared a state with Mysticeti, whereas the other shared a state with other odontocetes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	physeteroid
释义	physeteroidn.adj. Brit. /fʌɪˈsiːtərɔɪd/, U.S. /faɪˈsidəˌrɔɪd/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: physeter n., -oid suffix. Etymology: < physeter n. + -oid suffix, after scientific Latin Physeteroidea, superfamily name ( T. Gill 1872 , in Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 11 ccxxx. 15). Zoology. A. n. A member of the superfamily Physeteroidea, which includes the sperm whale, the pygmy and dwarf sperm whales (genus Kogia), and their fossil relatives. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > suborder Odontoceti > [noun] > family Physeteridae > genus Physeter (sperm whale) trumpa1625 spermaceti whale1658 pot-walfish1694 parmacety1705 pot-fish1744 cachalot1747 physeter1753 sperm whale1839 sperm1840 macrocephalus1851 greyhead1859 physeteroid1876 1876 Nature 6 Apr. 450/2 Whales range themselves under the two principal heads of Ziphioids or Physeteroids, and Delphinoids. 1928 Q. Rev. Biol. 3 176/2 The oldest known Miocene physeteroids. 2001 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 98 7384/1 Among these four broad groups, the physteroids are usually basal.., and the delphinoids are the most recently diverged. B. adj. Of or relating to the superfamily Physeteroidea; resembling a sperm whale. ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. Physeteroid, a., belonging to the Physeteroidea, or having their characters; resembling the genus Physeter; xiphioid. 1926 Proc. U.S. National Mus. 66 xxvii. 1 (title) A fossil physeteroid cetacean from Santa Barbara County, California. 1998 Systematic Biol. 47 340/2 One of the physeteroid families..shared a state with Mysticeti, whereas the other shared a state with other odontocetes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1876
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