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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



... they killed 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 ...
— All the Brothers Were Valiant • Ben Ames Williams
... that unless he were dead and sinking he could not possibly remain much longer beneath the surface. The exhibition of endurance we had just been favored with was a very unusual one, I was told, it being a rare thing for a cachalot to take out two boats' lines before 25 returning to the surface ...
— Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year • E.C. Hartwell


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


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