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Physeter macrocephalus) gather in large numbers.— BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition
_The common sucking lice_ occurring on animals are the large-headed horse louse, _H. macrocephalus_; the long-nosed ox louse, _H. tenuirostris_; the large-bellied ox louse, _H. curysternus_; the _H. stenopses_ of sheep; _H. suis_ of swine; and the _H. piliferus_ of the dog.— Common Diseases of Farm Animals
I must now give an account of the spermaceti whale, (the _Physeter macrocephalus_), to capture which was the object of our voyage.— Old Jack
Ocean, the two most interesting of which are the gigantic sperm whales (_Physeter macrocephalus_), and the curious narwhal or sea unicorn (_Monodon monoceros_).— Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon

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