Cachalot

(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:18:05

Cach"a*lot (?), n. [F. cachalot.] Zool.

The sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus). It has in the top of its head a large cavity, containing an oily fluid, which, after death, concretes into a whitish crystalline substance called spermaceti. See Sperm whale.

 

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