cachalot

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: cach=a=lot

CIDE DICTIONARY

cachalot, n. [F. cachalot.].

 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.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

cachalot, n. a sperm whale.

Etymology

F f. Sp. & Port. cachalote, of unkn. orig.

ROGET THESAURUS

cachalot

Size

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