cachalot

cach·a·lot

C0008700 (kăsh′ə-lŏt′, -lō′)n. See sperm whale.

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

cachalot

(ˈkæʃəˌlɒt) n (Animals) another name for sperm whale[C18: from French, from Portuguese, cachalote, of unknown origin]

sperm′ whale`

n. a large, square-headed, toothed whale, Physeter catodon, having a cavity in the head that contains sperm oil and spermaceti. [1825–35]

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cachalot - large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil; also a source of ambergrisPhyseter catodon, sperm whale, black whaletoothed whale - any of several whales having simple conical teeth and feeding on fish etc.genus Physeter, Physeter - type genus of the Physeteridae