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Sperm whale

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Noun
  1. 1
    A whale (Physeter macrocephalus), the largest of the toothed whales.
  2. 2
    large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil; also a source of ambergris wordnet
  3. 3
    Any whale in the superfamily Physeteroidea, which also includes the small whales of genus Kogia.

Etymology

A clipping of spermaceti whale.

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