cachalot
Origin of cachalot
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How to use cachalot in a sentence
M. Pomel, whom I cited above, believed it to come from the brain of the whale called "cachalot."
More Science From an Easy Chair | Sir E. Ray (Edwin Ray) LankesterBut it may, perhaps, be significant that a cachalot was stranded off Sark on June 3.
The Plattner Story and Others | H. G. WellsOut came the head belonging to it, and a spout like an explosion burst forth, denoting the presence of an enormous bull-cachalot.
The Cruise of the Cachalot | Frank T. BullenExcept for the head work, removing the blubber was effected in precisely the same way as in the case of the cachalot.
The Cruise of the Cachalot | Frank T. BullenThe resultant oil, when recent, is of a clear white, unlike the golden-tinted fluid obtained from the cachalot.
The Cruise of the Cachalot | Frank T. Bullen
British Dictionary definitions for cachalot
/ (ˈkæʃəˌlɒt) /
another name for sperm whale
Origin of cachalot
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