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Sperm oil (see also: ****ceti) is a waxy
liquid obtained from
sperm whales. It is a clear,
yellowish liquid with a very
faint odor.
Sperm oil has a...
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extant species in the
sperm whale family,
along with the
pygmy sperm whale and
dwarf sperm whale of the
genus Kogia. The
sperm whale is a
pelagic mammal...
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Sperm whaling is the
human practice of
hunting sperm whales, the
largest toothed whale and the deepest-diving
marine mammal species, for the
oil, meat...
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traan ("tear drop").
Sperm oil, a
special kind of
oil used in the
cavities of
sperm whales,
differs chemically from
ordinary whale oil: it is
composed mostly...
- ****ceti /spərməˈsiːtiˌ -ˈsɛ-/ (see also:
Sperm oil) is a waxy
substance found in the head
cavities of the
sperm whale (and, in
smaller quantities, in the...
- The
pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps) is one of two
extant species in the
family Kogiidae in the
sperm whale superfamily. They are not
often sighted...
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called "the junk"
because whalers dismissed it as
worthless for
extracting sperm oil. It
contains compartments of ****ceti
separated by
walls of cartilage...
- lamp
oil from
sperm oil, a waxy
oil from the
heads of
sperm whales, was
losing business as
whale oil was
replaced by coal
oil. He
traveled to the
oil fields...
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whaling ship Pequod, for
vengeance against Moby ****, the
giant white sperm whale that bit off his leg on the ship's
previous voyage. A contribution...
- It can be used for
oiling machinery, and
indeed has a re****tion for this
purpose as
watch oil, but is now su****ded by
sperm oil. The
ancient Gr****s...
