cachalot
Americannoun
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
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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Bits of the bones of the gigantic squid on which the cachalot feeds.
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The male cachalot has a larger head than that of the female, and it no doubt aids these animals in their aquatic battles.
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This morning we raised fish, a big school of cachalot, about three mile to leeward.
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The crane itself consisted of the long iron arrow and socket of one of the harpoons found in the carcass of the cachalot.
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M. Pomel, whom I cited above, believed it to come from the brain of the whale called "cachalot."
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