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Meanings of cachalot in English
Large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil; also a source of ambergris.
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Examples for "sperm whale"
Examples for "sperm whale"
1
Ambergris is a secretion formed in the intestines of the sperm whale.
2
In length, the common sperm whale-line measures something over two hundred fathoms.
3
This bone is thought to be the tooth of the sperm whale.
4
Ambergris, highly prized in perfumery, is a product of the sperm whale.
5
A sperm whale frequently yields as much as 120 barrels of oil.
1
A large black whale, being the first, was seen near the ships.
2
The whales killed at the Portland fishery were of two kinds, the right or black whale, and the sperm whale.
3
One morning they discovered that the waves had thrown up on the beach a young black whale, nearly twelve feet long.
4
At the end of it a large, humpbacked rock showed now and again through the surf, like the fin of a black whale.
5
Frequently large shoals of sea-nettles, on which the black whale feeds, have been met with, borne onward towards its haunts in the north.
Usage of cachalot in English
1
I'd as soon expect to sight a cachalot on top of the Rocky Mountains.
2
The creature had not quite escaped from the cachalot's teeth.
3
The cachalot is a disagreeable creature, more tadpole than fish, according to Fredol's description.
4
The case of the cachalot is still more difficult.
5
The sperm whale, or cachalot, has teeth in its lower jaw, and no whalebone whatever.
6
You spoke of the cachalot as a small creature.
7
No one could better describe the macrocephalous cachalot, which is sometimes more than seventy-five feet long.
8
The resultant oil, when recent, is of a clear white, unlike the golden-tinted fluid obtained from the cachalot.
9
Still, as a practice, these creatures leave the cachalot respectfully alone, knowing instinctively that he is not their game.
10
The sperm or cachalot whale is a dangerous and bold fighter and is perhaps the most interesting of all cetaceans.
11
Of one thing I am certain-that ,ifany of the trio survived, they never afterwards attempted to rush a cachalot.
12
She is put about, making a course which shortly brings her a mile or two to windward of the slowly-moving cachalot.
13
Except for the head work, removing the blubber was effected in precisely the same way as in the case of the cachalot.
14
Out came the head belonging to it, and a spout like an explosion burst forth, denoting the presence of an enormous bull-cachalot.
15
To any one studying the peculiar configuration of a cachalot's mouth, it would appear a difficult problem how the calf could suck.
16
The great cachalot was now directly ahead, about two hundred fathoms away, and coming down upon them with twice his ordinary speed.
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