- whales).
****ceti is
created in the
****ceti organ inside the whale's head. This
organ may
contain as much as 1,900
litres (500 US gal) of
****ceti. It...
-
filled with a waxy
substance called "
****ceti" (sperm oil), from
which the
whale derives its name.
****ceti was a
prime target of the
whaling industry...
- The
****ceti organ is an
organ present in the
heads of
toothed whales of the
superfamily Physeteroidea, in
particular the
sperm whale. This
organ contains...
-
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 different...
-
whales by the
basin on the
skull spanning the
length of the snout. The
****ceti organ contained in that
basin is
thought to have been used in echolocation...
-
prized blubber and
****ceti had been
extracted from the whale, the
remaining majority of the carc**** was discarded.
****ceti oil came
solely from...
- the
****ceti organ and the "junk". The junk is
structurally the same as the
melon (homologous to it). The
melon is not
homologous to the
****ceti organ...
- the melon,
separated by a thin membrane, is the
****ceti organ. Both the
melon and the
****ceti organ are
encased in a
thick fibrous coat, resembling...
- and
beeswax in
Europe from the
Roman period until the
modern era, when
****ceti (from
sperm whales) was used in the 18th and 19th centuries, and purified...
-
Tashtego cuts into the head of the
sperm whale and
retrieves buckets of
****ceti. He
falls into the head,
which in turn
falls off the
yardarm into the...
