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Physeteridae
Physeteridae
Translingual
Wikispecies
Proper noun
Physeteridae
A taxonomic
family
within the
suborder
Odontoceti
– the
sperm whale
s.
Translations
taxonomic family
Greek:
φυσητηρίδες
f
pl
(
fysitirídes
)
Swahili:
familia ya nyangumi-spemaseti
Etymology
Physteter
+
-idae
Ancient Greek
φυσητήρ
(
phusētḗr
,
“
blowpipe
”
)
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