cachalot
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of cachalot
1740–50; < French ≪ Portuguese cacholote, equivalent to cachol ( a ) pate, noggin (of obscure origin) + -ote augmentative suffix
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Whoever gave utterance to those sounds—words they were—must be moving onward,—coming towards the carcass of the cachalot.
From The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea by Mayne Reid
There hung Snowball in suspense,—holding on to the slippery skin of the cachalot, literally “with tooth and toe-nail.”
From The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea by Mayne Reid
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 Mayne Reid
If it be the whale-ship, reasoned he, she must have come back in search of the cachalot.
From The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea by Mayne Reid
There were several sharks playing around the tail of the cachalot.
From The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea by Mayne Reid
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