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Sperm Whale

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Noun

1. black whale, cachalot, physeter catodon, sperm whale

large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil; also a source of ambergris

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Sperm Whale

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noun
a large toothed whale, Physeter catodon, having a square-shaped head and hunted for sperm oil, spermaceti, and ambergris: family Physeteridae
. Also called: cachalot

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Sperm Whale

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any of a family (Physeteridae) of toothed whales; esp., a large species (Physeter catodon) inhabiting warm seas: a closed cavity in its roughly square head contains sperm oil

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Sperm Whale

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n.
1. A very large toothed whale (Physeter macrocephalus syn. P. catodon) formerly hunted for the spermaceti in its massive head and the ambergris in its intestines. Also called cachalot.
2. Either of two small toothed whales (Kogia breviceps or K. sima) also containing spermaceti in the head.

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