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physeter
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun physeter has 1 sense
- physeter(n = noun.animal) genus physeter - type genus of the Physeteridae; Array is a kind of mammal genus
is a member of family physeteridae, physeteridae
CIDE DICTIONARY
physeter, n. [L., fr. Gr. , fr. to blow: cf. F. physétère.].
- The genus that includes the sperm whale. [1913 Webster]
- A filtering machine operated by air pressure. [1913 Webster]
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