Canadian English Meaning of cachalot

Sperm whale

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Definitions and Meaning of cachalot in English

Wordnet

cachalot (n)

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

Webster

cachalot (n.)

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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Sperm whale

large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil; also a source of ambergrisThe sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus). It has in the top

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