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Webster 1913 Edition

cachalot

cach′a-lot

,
Noun.
[F.
cachalot
.]
(Zoöl.)
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
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Cachalot

CACHALOT

,
Noun.
A cetaceous fish, the physeter or spermaceti whale. The principal species are, the black headed with a dorsal fin, and the round-headed with a dorsal fin, and the round-headed, with out a fin on the back, and with a fistula in the snout. From this whale is obtained the spermaceti.

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