英语词汇“physeter”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

physeter

/fʌɪˈsiːtə/

noun

Specifically. A toothed whale of the genus Physeter (family Physeteridae), which now includes only the sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus. Now only: (in form Physeter) the genus itself.

Valid publication as a genus name: Linnaeus Syst. Nat. (ed. 10, 1758) I. 76..

Origin

Late 16th century (in an earlier sense). From classical Latin phȳsētēr a kind of whale (Seneca, Pliny) from ancient Greek ϕυσητήρ instrument for blowing, in Hellenistic Greek also a kind of whale from ϕυσᾶν to blow + -τήρ, suffix forming agent nouns.

单词	physeter
释义	physeter /fʌɪˈsiːtə/ noun Specifically. A toothed whale of the genus Physeter (family Physeteridae), which now includes only the sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus. Now only: (in form Physeter) the genus itself. Valid publication as a genus name: Linnaeus Syst. Nat. (ed. 10, 1758) I. 76.. Origin Late 16th century (in an earlier sense). From classical Latin phȳsētēr a kind of whale (Seneca, Pliny) from ancient Greek ϕυσητήρ instrument for blowing, in Hellenistic Greek also a kind of whale from ϕυσᾶν to blow + -τήρ, suffix forming agent nouns.
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