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sperm whale
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sperm whale
n.
Any of several large, toothed whales of the family Physeteridae, especially Physeter catodon or P. macrocephalus, of tropical and temperate oceans, whose massive head has a cavity containing sperm oil and spermaceti and whose long intestines often contain ambergris. Also called cachalot.
sperm whale
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a large toothed whale, Physeter catodon, having a square-shaped head and hunted for sperm oil, spermaceti, and ambergris: family Physeteridae Also called cachalot
[short for spermaceti whale]
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Noun1.sperm whale - large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oilsperm whale - large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil; also a source of ambergris
cachalot, Physeter catodon, black whale
toothed whale - any of several whales having simple conical teeth and feeding on fish etc.
genus Physeter, Physeter - type genus of the Physeteridae
Translations
sperm whale n → capodoglio
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Male sperm whales reach their physical maturity at 45, while females reach maturity at 30.
It's a fact WHALES by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)
Sperm whales usually live and feed in the deep waters beyond the Continental Shelf to the north and west of Scotland.
STRANDED AND DYING by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
It seemed only natural that deep-diving sperm whales would be immune from decompression illness, or "the bends"--the painful, sometimes fatal condition that human divers suffer when they surface too rapidly.
Even sperm whales get the bends by Lippsett, Lonny / Oceanus
 
 
 
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