physetern.

Brit.

/fʌɪˈsiːtə/, U.S.

/faɪˈsidər/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin phȳsētēr.

Etymology: < classical Latin phȳsētēr a kind of whale (Seneca, Pliny) < ancient Greek ϕυσητήρ instrument for blowing, in Hellenistic Greek also a kind of whale < ϕυσᾶν to blow (see physcony n.) + -τήρ, suffix forming agent nouns. Compare Middle French physetere (1552 in Rabelais; French physétère).

†a. Any of various whales noted for spouting. Obsolete.

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the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous types of

huddon?c1370

whirlpoolc1450

thirlepollc1460

physeter1581

whirl-about1605

whirl-whale1606

thurlhead1610

black whale1615

blackfish1688

bonefish1752

pollack1774

Algerine1849

sea-boar1859

oil-butt1937

1581 J. Studley tr. Seneca Hippolytus iv, in T. Newton et al. tr. Seneca 10 Trag. f. 71 It spewes the waters out, As doth Physeter fish.

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. v. 148 When on the Surges I perceaue from farre, Th' Ork, Whirle-poole, Whale, or huffing Physeter.

1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 167 Balæna Physeter..the puffing, or spouting Whale.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Physeter, the Whirl-pool, puffing or spouting Whale.

1786 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 76 444 These bones belonged to physeteres or respiring fishes.

b. spec. 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.

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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

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. The physeter with the upper jaw longer than the under one... The head of this fish is so large, that it is half as long as the body, and thicker than the thickest part of it.

1793 Nat. Hist. Birds, Fish, Insects & Reptiles III. 303 Cetaceous Fish. This division comprehends three genera; 1. The Whale. 2. The Cachalot, Physeter, or Spermaceti Whale. 3. The Dolphin.

1807 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 97 100 The oil of the physeter, which crystallizes into spermaceti.

1833 C. Bell Hand (1834) 298 The Physeter or cachelot whale..is remarkable for having teeth.

1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick xxxii. 149 This whale, among the English of old vaguely known as the Trumpa whale, and the Physeter whale, and the Anvil Headed whale, is the present Cachalot of the French.

1991 R. M. Nowak Walker's Mammals of World (ed. 5) II. 1021/1 Physeter is the only cetacean with a gullet large enough to swallow a man.

†2. A filtering apparatus for liquids, in which a partial vacuum is created on one side of the filter, causing liquid to be forced through the filter from the other side by air pressure. Obsolete.

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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > filtering or percolating > [noun] > filter or percolator > others

filter bed1828

physeter1842

sack-filter1875

biofilter1936

permeator1975

1842 G. W. Francis Dict. Arts Physeter, a filtering machine, consisting of a tub, with an air-tight perforated stage half~way up. The feculent liquid to be filtered is put above the stage, and a syringe, by withdrawing the air from below the stage, occasions the clear part of the liquid to pass through, owing to the pressure of the atmosphere above it.

Derivatives

† physeterine adj. and n. [compare scientific Latin †Physeterina (Gray 1825), Physeterinae (Flower 1867)] Obsolete rare (a) adj. of, relating to, or resembling a sperm whale; spec. of or relating to a subfamily Physeterinae including the sperm whale; (b) n. a sperm whale.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

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1890 Cent. Dict. Physeterine, a. and n.

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

单词	physeter
释义	physetern. Brit. /fʌɪˈsiːtə/, U.S. /faɪˈsidər/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin phȳsētēr. Etymology: < classical Latin phȳsētēr a kind of whale (Seneca, Pliny) < ancient Greek ϕυσητήρ instrument for blowing, in Hellenistic Greek also a kind of whale < ϕυσᾶν to blow (see physcony n.) + -τήρ, suffix forming agent nouns. Compare Middle French physetere (1552 in Rabelais; French physétère). 1. †a. Any of various whales noted for spouting. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous types of huddon?c1370 whirlpoolc1450 thirlepollc1460 physeter1581 whirl-about1605 whirl-whale1606 thurlhead1610 black whale1615 blackfish1688 bonefish1752 pollack1774 Algerine1849 sea-boar1859 oil-butt1937 1581 J. Studley tr. Seneca Hippolytus iv, in T. Newton et al. tr. Seneca 10 Trag. f. 71 It spewes the waters out, As doth Physeter fish. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. v. 148 When on the Surges I perceaue from farre, Th' Ork, Whirle-poole, Whale, or huffing Physeter. 1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 167 Balæna Physeter..the puffing, or spouting Whale. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Physeter, the Whirl-pool, puffing or spouting Whale. 1786 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 76 444 These bones belonged to physeteres or respiring fishes. b. spec. 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. 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 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. The physeter with the upper jaw longer than the under one... The head of this fish is so large, that it is half as long as the body, and thicker than the thickest part of it. 1793 Nat. Hist. Birds, Fish, Insects & Reptiles III. 303 Cetaceous Fish. This division comprehends three genera; 1. The Whale. 2. The Cachalot, Physeter, or Spermaceti Whale. 3. The Dolphin. 1807 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 97 100 The oil of the physeter, which crystallizes into spermaceti. 1833 C. Bell Hand (1834) 298 The Physeter or cachelot whale..is remarkable for having teeth. 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick xxxii. 149 This whale, among the English of old vaguely known as the Trumpa whale, and the Physeter whale, and the Anvil Headed whale, is the present Cachalot of the French. 1991 R. M. Nowak Walker's Mammals of World (ed. 5) II. 1021/1 Physeter is the only cetacean with a gullet large enough to swallow a man. †2. A filtering apparatus for liquids, in which a partial vacuum is created on one side of the filter, causing liquid to be forced through the filter from the other side by air pressure. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > filtering or percolating > [noun] > filter or percolator > others filter bed1828 physeter1842 sack-filter1875 biofilter1936 permeator1975 1842 G. W. Francis Dict. Arts Physeter, a filtering machine, consisting of a tub, with an air-tight perforated stage half~way up. The feculent liquid to be filtered is put above the stage, and a syringe, by withdrawing the air from below the stage, occasions the clear part of the liquid to pass through, owing to the pressure of the atmosphere above it. Derivatives † physeterine adj. and n. [compare scientific Latin †Physeterina (Gray 1825), Physeterinae (Flower 1867)] Obsolete rare (a) adj. of, relating to, or resembling a sperm whale; spec. of or relating to a subfamily Physeterinae including the sperm whale; (b) n. a sperm whale.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. Physeterine, a. and n. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1581
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