cachalot
Webster Dictionary
the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus). It has in the top of its head a large cavity, containing an oily fluid, which, after death, concretes into a whitish crystalline substance called spermaceti. See Sperm whale
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physeter
Webster Dictionary
the genus that includes the sperm whale
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case
(ɪs)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a cavity in the skull of a sperm whale, containing an oil from which spermaceti is obtained.
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denticete
Webster Dictionary
the division of Cetacea in which the teeth are developed, including the sperm whale, dolphins, etc
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spermaceti
(spermaceti)
Princeton's WordNet
a white waxy substance from oil of the sperm whale
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sperm oil
(sperm oil)
Princeton's WordNet
an animal oil found in the blubber of the sperm whale
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sperm oil
(ˌspɜr mi oʊˈdʒɛn ə sɪs)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a thin, yellow, water-insoluble liquid obtained from the sperm whale, used as a lubricant.
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sperm whale
(ˈspɜr məˌfaɪt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a large, square-headed, toothed whale, Physeter catodon, having a cavity in the head that contains sperm oil and spermaceti.
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right whale
Webster Dictionary
any other whale that produces valuable whalebone, as the Atlantic, or Biscay, right whale (Balaena cisarctica), and the Pacific right whale (B. Sieboldii); a bone whale
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dwarf sperm whale
(dwarf sperm whale, Kogia simus)
Princeton's WordNet
very small (to 8 feet) sperm whale of central coasts of Atlantic and Pacific
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pygmy sperm whale
(pygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps)
Princeton's WordNet
small sperm whale of warm waters of both coasts of North America
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kogia breviceps
(pygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps)
Princeton's WordNet
small sperm whale of warm waters of both coasts of North America
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kogia simus
(dwarf sperm whale, Kogia simus)
Princeton's WordNet
very small (to 8 feet) sperm whale of central coasts of Atlantic and Pacific
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ambergris
(ˈæm bərˌgris, -grɪs)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
an opaque, ash-colored secretion of the sperm whale intestine, usu. found floating on the ocean or cast ashore: used in perfumery.
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ambergris
(ambergris)
Princeton's WordNet
waxy substance secreted by the sperm whale and found floating at sea or washed ashore; used in perfume
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spermaceti
Webster Dictionary
a white waxy substance obtained from cavities in the head of the sperm whale, and used making candles, oilments, cosmetics, etc. It consists essentially of ethereal salts of palmitic acid with ethal and other hydrocarbon bases. The substance of spermaceti after the removal of certain impurities is sometimes called cetin
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soft roe
(milt, soft roe)
Princeton's WordNet
fish sperm or sperm-filled reproductive gland; having a creamy texture
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milt
(milt, soft roe)
Princeton's WordNet
fish sperm or sperm-filled reproductive gland; having a creamy texture
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acrosome
(ˈæk rəˌsoʊm)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
an organelle covering the head of animal sperm and containing enzymes that digest the egg cell coating, thus permitting the sperm to enter the egg.
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gynogenesis
(ˌgaɪ nəˈdʒɛn ə sɪs, ˌdʒɪn ə-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a type of reproduction by parthenogenesis that requires stimulation by a sperm to activate the egg into development but occurs without fusion of sperm and egg nuclei.
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bowhead
Webster Dictionary
the great Arctic or Greenland whale. (Balaena mysticetus). See Baleen, and Whale
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ambergris
Webster Dictionary
a substance of the consistence of wax, found floating in the Indian Ocean and other parts of the tropics, and also as a morbid secretion in the intestines of the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus), which is believed to be in all cases its true origin. In color it is white, ash-gray, yellow, or black, and often variegated like marble. The floating masses are sometimes from sixty to two hundred and twenty-five pounds in weight. It is wholly volatilized as a white vapor at 212¡ Fahrenheit, and is highly valued in perfumery.
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sperm whale
Webster Dictionary
a very large toothed whale (Physeter macrocephalus), having a head of enormous size. The upper jaw is destitute of teeth. In the upper part of the head, above the skull, there is a large cavity, or case, filled with oil and spermaceti. This whale sometimes grows to the length of more than eighty feet. It is found in the warmer parts of all the oceans. Called also cachalot, and spermaceti whale
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mysticete
Webster Dictionary
any right whale, or whalebone whale. See Cetacea
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sulphur-bottom
Webster Dictionary
a very large whalebone whale of the genus Sibbaldius, having a yellowish belly; especially, S. sulfureus of the North Pacific, and S. borealis of the North Atlantic; -- called also sulphur whale
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right whale
(right whale)
Princeton's WordNet
large Arctic whalebone whale; allegedly the `right' whale to hunt because of its valuable whalebone and oil
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leviathan
Webster Dictionary
the whale, or a great whale
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devilfish
Webster Dictionary
the gray whale of the Pacific coast. See Gray whale
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spermule
Webster Dictionary
a sperm cell
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spermatogenous
Webster Dictionary
sperm-producing
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