PHYSETER

Meaning of PHYSETER in English

noun the genus that includes the sperm whale.

2. physeter ·noun a filtering machine operated by air pressure.

Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Webster. 2012

PHYSETER — fīˈsēd.ə(r) noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, sperm whale, from Greek physētēr bellows, blowhole of a whale, sperm …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PHYSETER — (n.) A filtering machine operated by air pressure.
Английский словарь Webster
PHYSETER — (n.) The genus that includes the sperm whale.
Английский словарь Webster
PHYSETER — ( n. ) The genus that includes the sperm whale.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PHYSETER — ( n. ) A filtering machine operated by air pressure.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PHYSETER — n. Cachalot, spermaceti whale, spermwhale ( Physeter macrocephalus ).
Dictionary of English Synonyms
SPERM WHALE — noun Etymology: short for spermaceti whale Date: circa 1700 a large toothed whale ( Physeter macrocephalus syn. P. catodon ) …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SPERM WHALE — or cachalot Thickset, blunt-snouted toothed whale ( Physeter catodon , family Physeteridae) with small, paddlelike flippers and rounded humps on …
Английский словарь Британика
SPERM WHALE — noun Etymology: short for spermaceti whale : a large toothed whale ( Physeter catodon syn. P. macrocephalus ) that has …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PHYSETEROIDEA — ˌfisəd.əˈrȯidēə noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Physeter + -oidea : a superfamily of toothed whales comprising the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PHYSETERIDAE — ˌfisəˈterəˌdē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Physeter, type genus + -idae : a family of whales that …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SPERM WHALE — () A very large toothed whale (Physeter macrocephalus), having a head of enormous size. The upper jaw is destitute of …
Английский словарь Webster
CACHALOT — (n.) The sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus). It has in the top of its head a large cavity, containing an oily …
Английский словарь Webster
AMBERGRIS — (n.) A substance of the consistence of wax, found floating in the Indian Ocean and other parts of the tropics, …
Английский словарь Webster
SPERM WHALE — A very large toothed whale (Physeter macrocephalus), having a head of enormous size. The upper jaw is destitute of teeth. …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CACHALOT — ( n. ) The sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus). It has in the top of its head a large cavity, containing …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
AMBERGRIS — ( n. ) A substance of the consistence of wax, found floating in the Indian Ocean and other parts of …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPERM WHALE — a large, square-snouted whale, Physeter catodon, valued for its oil and spermaceti: now reduced in number and rare in some …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SPERM WHALE — noun Etymology: short for spermaceti whale Date: circa 1700 : a large toothed whale ( Physeter macrocephalus syn. P. catodon …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SPERM WHALE — a very large toothed whale (physeter macrocephalus), having a head of enormous size. the upper jaw is destitute of teeth. …
Webster English vocab
CACHALOT — noun the sperm whale (physeter macrocephalus). it has in the top of its head a large cavity, containing an oily …
Webster English vocab
AMBERGRIS — noun a substance of the consistence of wax, found floating in the indian ocean and other parts of the tropics, …
Webster English vocab
SPERM WHALE — ■ noun a toothed whale with a massive head, feeding at great depths largely on squid. [ Physeter macrocephalus and …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SPERM WHALE — [sperm whale] n [short for spermaceti whale] (1834): a large toothed whale (Physeter macrocephalus syn. P. catodon) with a large …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SPERM WHALE
Britannica English vocabulary
AMBERGRIS — solid substance formed in the intestine of the sperm whale (Physeter catodon). It is used chiefly as a spice in …
Britannica English vocabulary
SPERM
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SPERM
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SPERM
Oxford English vocab
SPERM WHALE
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SPERMACETI-WHALE — n. Cachelot, sperm-whale ( Physeter macrocephalus )
Dictionary of English Synonyms

Webster English vocab

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