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Large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil; also a source of ambergris.

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        Uso de cachalot em inglês
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        I'd as soon expect to sight a cachalot on top of the Rocky Mountains.
        The Second Deluge
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        The creature had not quite escaped from the cachalot's teeth.
        Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea
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        The cachalot is a disagreeable creature, more tadpole than fish, according to Fredol's description.
        Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea
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        The case of the cachalot is still more difficult.
        The Cruise of the "Cachalot" Round the World After Sperm Whales
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        The sperm whale, or cachalot, has teeth in its lower jaw, and no whalebone whatever.
        Chatterbox, 1905.
        6
        You spoke of the cachalot as a small creature.
        Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea
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        No one could better describe the macrocephalous cachalot, which is sometimes more than seventy-five feet long.
        Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea
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        The resultant oil, when recent, is of a clear white, unlike the golden-tinted fluid obtained from the cachalot.
        The Cruise of the "Cachalot" Round the World After Sperm Whales
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        Still, as a practice, these creatures leave the cachalot respectfully alone, knowing instinctively that he is not their game.
        The Cruise of the "Cachalot" Round the World After Sperm Whales
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        The sperm or cachalot whale is a dangerous and bold fighter and is perhaps the most interesting of all cetaceans.
        Ranching, Sport and Travel
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        Of one thing I am certain-that ,ifany of the trio survived, they never afterwards attempted to rush a cachalot.
        The Cruise of the "Cachalot" Round the World After Sperm Whales
        12
        She is put about, making a course which shortly brings her a mile or two to windward of the slowly-moving cachalot.
        Short Stories and Selections for Use in the Secondary Schools
        13
        Except for the head work, removing the blubber was effected in precisely the same way as in the case of the cachalot.
        The Cruise of the "Cachalot" Round the World After Sperm Whales
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        Out came the head belonging to it, and a spout like an explosion burst forth, denoting the presence of an enormous bull-cachalot.
        The Cruise of the "Cachalot" Round the World After Sperm Whales
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        To any one studying the peculiar configuration of a cachalot's mouth, it would appear a difficult problem how the calf could suck.
        The Cruise of the "Cachalot" Round the World After Sperm Whales
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        The great cachalot was now directly ahead, about two hundred fathoms away, and coming down upon them with twice his ordinary speed.
        South American Fights and Fighters, and Other Tales of Adventure
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