cachalot

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cach·a·lot (k

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See sperm whale.

[French, from Spanish or Portuguese cachalote, augmentative of cachola, big head.]

cachalot [ˈkæʃəˌlɒt]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for sperm whale

[from French, from Portuguese, cachalote, of unknown origin]

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

Physeter catodon, sperm whale, 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

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black whale genus Physeter Physeter Physeter catodon sperm whale spermicide toothed whale whale			--This whale, among the English of old vaguely known as the Trumpa whale, and the Physeter whale, and the Anvil Headed whale, is the present Cachalot of the French, and the Pottsfich of the Germans, and the Macrocephalus of the Long Words. Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context I believe in the existence of a mammal power fully organised, belonging to the branch of vertebrata, like the whales, the cachalots, or the dolphins, and furnished with a horn of defence of great penetrating power. 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Verne, Jules View in context			cabrio cabriole cabriolet Cabrit cabstand Caburn cac- Cacaemia cacaine Cacajao Cacalia Cacalia javanica Cacalia lutea cacao cacao bean cacao butter cacao moth cacao tree Cacatua Cacatua galerita cacciatore Cáceres cacesthesia cachaca Cachaemia cachalot cache Cache la Poudre cache memory cachectic cachepot cachet cachexia cachexy Cachi cachinnate cachinnation Cachinnatory Cachiri Cacholong cachou cachpule cachucha Cachunde Cacicus cacique caciquism cack cack-handed cackel Cackerel			Cáceres, Cáceres Cáceres, Cáceres CAcert Assurance Program CACES CACES cacesthesia cacesthesia CACEU CACEX CACF CACFA CACFO CACFOA CACFP CACFS CACG CACGA CACGEC CACGP CACGS CACH CACHA cachaca cachaça cachacas Cachaemia Cachagua Fire Auxiliary cachalot cachalots cachalots Cachar Cachar Cachar Cachar CACHC CACHCA cache cache cache cache cache Caché Caché Caché Caché Cache (computing) Cache (computing) Cache (computing) Cache (computing) Cache Access and Cycle Time Model Cache Across America Cache algorithms Cache Alignment Finite State Machine Cache and M Technology Association Cache Array Routing Protocol Cache block Cache buffer Cache buffer

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