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Cachalot

noun
1.
Large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil; also a source of ambergris.  Synonyms: black whale, Physeter catodon, sperm whale.





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"Cachalot" Quotes from Famous Books



... their whale, a seventy-barrel cachalot cow who died as peaceably as a chicken, with only a convulsive flop or two when the lances found the life. Priscilla took a single glimpse of the shuddering, bloody, oily work of cutting in the carcass, and then she fled to her cabin and remained there steadfastly until ...
— All the Brothers Were Valiant • Ben Ames Williams


Words linked to "Cachalot" :   genus Physeter, toothed whale, black whale, Physeter, Physeter catodon


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