cachalot
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of cachalot
1740–50; < French ≪ Portuguese cacholote, equivalent to cachol ( a ) pate, noggin (of obscure origin) + -ote augmentative suffix
Example Sentences
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Had it been the demon of the mist that gave utterance to these speeches, they could not have produced a more fearful effect upon those who heard them from the back of the cachalot.
From The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea by Reid, Mayne
With the spermaceti to be extracted from the “case” of the cachalot, they could lay in a stock that would last them for many a day.
From The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea by Reid, Mayne
Ben assured them that the “case” of a cachalot of the largest size,—such as the one beside them,—often contained five hundred gallons of the liquid spermaceti!
From The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea by Reid, Mayne
Squid, otherwise cuttle-fish, is a horrid monster, all arms and beak, which the cachalot considers a most dainty tidbit.
From Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story by Springer, Norman
He had been bitten in two by a cachalot, and had only three arms left, but they were of tremendous length.
From Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story by Springer, Norman
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