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Cachalot

//ˈkæ.ʃəˌlɑt// noun

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Noun

1
The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus.
"A flexible rib cage facilitates the collapse of the lungs of a diving cachalot (a synonym derived from an old French word for tooth), so reducing the nitrogen uptake which is responsible for decompression sickness in diving humans, while high levels of haemoglobin in the blood and myoglobin in the skeletal muscles carry the oxygen required to sustain long periods between breaths."
2
large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil; also a source of ambergris wordnet

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Old Latin kapiō Latin capiō Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Indo-European *-tlomder. Latin -ulum Latin capulum Portuguese cacho Portuguese -ola Portuguese cachola Portuguese -ote Portuguese cachalotebor. French cachalotbor. English cachalot Borrowed from French cachalot, from Portuguese cachalote, from cachola (“head”) + -ote.

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