† trumpan.
/ˈtrʌmpə/ Obsolete.
= sperm whale n.
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trumpa1625
spermaceti whale1658
pot-walfish1694
parmacety1705
pot-fish1744
cachalot1747
physeter1753
sperm whale1839
sperm1840
macrocephalus1851
greyhead1859
physeteroid1876
1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes III. 471 The third sort of Whale is called Trumpa, being as long as the first, but thicker forwards.
1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick xxxii. 149 This [sperm] whale, among the English of old vaguely known as the Trumpa whale.
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