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Definition of Family Physeteridae
1. Noun. Sperm whales.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Family
Group relationships: Odontoceti, Suborder Odontoceti
Member holonyms: Genus Physeter, Physeter, Genus Kogia, Kogia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Physeteridae
Literary usage of Family Physeteridae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Natural History of Secession; Or, Despotism and Democracy at Necessary by Thomas Shepard Goodwin (1865)
"The species are numerous; and there are at least three families, — Balaenidae or
Right-Whale Family, Physeteridae or Sperm-Whale Family, and Delphinidae or ..."
2. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1902)
"... and shall therefore commence with the former as being in some respects the
more primitive members of the family Physeteridae. Snb-Fam. 1. ..."
3. Natural History: A Manual of Zoölogy for Schools, Colleges, and the General by Sanborn Tenney (1870)
"The species are numerous ; and there are at least three families, — Balaenidae
or Right-Whale Family, Physeteridae or Sperm-Whale Family, and Delphinidae or ..."
4. Reports Dealing with the Systematic Geology and Paleontology of Maryland by Maryland Geological Survey (1904)
"Family PHYSETERIDAE. Teeth entirely absent in the upper jaw and quite variable
in the mandible, either numerous as in the sub-family ..."
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