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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Don Felix had said nothing about this curious stuff, which the cachalot whales throw up, and Marston wondered where Wyndham had got it.
From Wyndham's Pal by Bindloss, Harold
The crane itself consisted of the long iron arrow and socket of one of the harpoons found in the carcass of the cachalot.
From The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea by Reid, Mayne
The “case” of the cachalot contained enough to have roasted all the sharks within a circle of ten mile around it; and, to all appearance, there were hundreds of them inside that circumference.
From The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea by Reid, Mayne
The sperm or cachalot whale is a dangerous and bold fighter and is perhaps the most interesting of all cetaceans.
From Ranching, Sport and Travel by Carson, Thomas
On its blue expanse he beholds but a streak of white, the frothing water in the vessel’s wake, now and then a “school” of tumbling porpoises, or the “spout” of a cachalot whale.
From The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea by Reid, Mayne
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