macrocephalus

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Physeter macrocephalus) gather in large numbers.

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  • Monk had happened to know what a macrocephalus was by accident, because he owned a pet pig, and so was an authority on such things THERE was one electric bulb in the cell, and the light from it showed four stone walls and a floor and ceiling of the same material. —  121 - The Black, Black Witch
  • 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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  1. New Latin, from Greek μακροκέφαλος, long-headed: see macrocephalous.
 

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