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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Almost at the same moment it began; and there was I, who, with fearful admiration had so often watched the titanic convulsions of a dying cachalot, actually involved in them.
From The Ontario Readers Third Book by Ontario. Ministry of Education
Since that hurried retreat from their moorings by the carcass of the cachalot they had not eaten anything like a regular meal.
From The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea by Reid, Mayne
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
This morning we raised fish, a big school of cachalot, about three mile to leeward.
From Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story by Springer, Norman
In these objects there was no difficulty in recognising the wreck of the Pandora’s raft, which was drifting at no great distance from the place where they had been cutting up the cachalot.
From The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea by Reid, Mayne
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