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Definition of Cachalots

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Sperm whale Sperm" whale` (Zo["o]l.) A very large toothed whale (Physeter macrocephalus), having a head of enormous size. The upper jaw is destitute of teeth. In the upper part of the head, above the skull, there is a large cavity, or case, filled with oil and spermaceti. This whale sometimes grows to the length of more than eighty feet. It is found in the warmer parts of all the oceans. Called also cachalot, and spermaceti whale. Pygmy sperm whale (Zo["o]l.), a small whale (Kogia breviceps), seldom twenty feet long, native of tropical seas, but occasionally found on the American coast. Called also snub-nosed cachalot. Sperm-whale porpoise (Zo["o]l.), a toothed cetacean (Hypero["o]don bidens), found on both sides of the Atlantic and valued for its oil. The adult becomes about twenty-five feet long, and its head is very large and thick. Called also bottle-nosed whale.
Cachalot
Cachalot Cach"a*lot, n. [F. cachalot.] (Zo["o]l.) 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.

Meaning of Cachalots from wikipedia

- in The History of Mankind reported in 1896 that, in Fiji, whales' or cachalots' teeth were the most-demanded article of ornament or value. They occurred...
- Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Cachalot, after the marine mammal, the cachalot, or sperm whale: HMS Cachalot (Z7) was a Z-class anti-submarine whaler...
- the properties operated by Narragansett Council with the exception of Cachalot Scout Reservation, acquired through a 2002 merger with Moby **** Council...
- Look up cachalot in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The sperm whale, or common cachalot, is a large toothed whale belonging to the infraorder Cetacea...
- reduction had gone too far with the Cachalots, limiting their patrol endurance. After three Pacific war patrols, Cachalot was relegated to training duties...
- named Cachalot, after the sperm whale. USS Cachalot (SS-33), was renamed the K-2 on 17 November 1911, prior to her commissioning. USS Cachalot (SS-170)...
- Although externally much like the later "fleet submarines," internally the Cachalots were quite different. Due to pressure from the Submarine Officers Conference...
- Cachalot (1980) is a science fiction novel by American writer Alan Dean Foster. Cachalot is an ocean planet where humans have begun building floating cities...
- Cachalot Peak (65°38′S 62°16′W / 65.633°S 62.267°W / -65.633; -62.267) is a peak, 1,040 metres (3,400 ft) high, between Stubb Glacier and Starbuck Glacier...
- renamed Barracuda, B****, Bonita, Argonaut, Narwhal, Nautilus, Dolphin, Cachalot, and Cuttlefish, respectively. All served in World War II, six of them...