a member of the Physeter genus of creatures that includes the sperm whale
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a machine for filtering which is operated by air pressure
Examples of 'physeter' in a sentence
physeter
Physeter macrocephalus, the most frequent species, concentrated throughout the south area at depths over 1000m in both seasons.
Juliana Couto Di Tullio, Tiago B R Gandra, Alexandre N Zerbini, Eduardo R Secchi 2016, 'Diversity and Distribution Patterns of Cetaceans in the Subtropical Southwestern AtlanticOuter Continental Shelf and Slope.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4887039?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)