Cachalot

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  • noun. undefined
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A name of the sperm-whale, Physeter or Catodon macrocephalus, a large, toothed cetacean of the family Physeteridæ or Catodontiæ, having teeth in the lower jaw, and an enormous blunt head, in a cavity of which spermaceti is contained, and sometimes attaining a length Of 80 feet.
  • noun. plural The sperm-whales as a family of cetaceans; the Physeteridæ.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus). It has in the top of its head a large cavity, containing an oily fluid, which, after death, concretes into a whitish crystalline substance called spermaceti. See sperm whale.
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  • noun. The sperm whale.
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  • noun. large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil; also a source of ambergris
    • Word Usage
    "No one could better describe the macrocephalous cachalot, which is sometimes more than seventy-five feet long."
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    Words that are more generic or abstract
    toothed whale  
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    backsight  beluga  carabao  couth  dugong  
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    sperm whale  
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