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Spermaceti whale
Spermaceti Sper`ma*ce"ti, n. [L. sperma sperm + cetus,gen. ceti, any large sea animal, a whale, Gr. ???. See Sperm, Cetaceous.] A white waxy substance obtained from cavities in the head of the sperm whale, and used making candles, oilments, cosmetics, etc. It consists essentially of ethereal salts of palmitic acid with ethal and other hydrocarbon bases. The substance of spermaceti after the removal of certain impurities is sometimes called cetin. Spermaceti whale (Zo["o]l.), the sperm whale.
spermaceti whale
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.

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- ****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...
- Nature. The name "sperm whale" is a clipping of "****ceti whale". ****ceti, originally mistakenly identified as the whales' ****, is the semi-liquid...
- 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...
- distinguished from the other raptorial sperm whales by the basin on the skull spanning the length of the snout. The ****ceti organ contained in that basin is thought...
- scientists refer to as the "****ceti organ". This organ is different in form and composition from the ****ceti organ of the sperm whale. The analogous structure...
- stoic, and the sperm whale is Kantean, platonic. Tashtego cuts into the head of the sperm whale and retrieves buckets of ****ceti. He falls into the head...
- dwarf sperm whale and may be used for diagnostic purposes. Like its giant relative, the sperm whale, the pygmy sperm whale has a ****ceti organ in its...
- Oleochemistry Rendering (animal products) ****ceti Sperm whaling Ed Butts (October 4, 2019). "The cautionary tale of whale oil". The Globe and Mail. Archived...
- part of a waxy liquid called ****ceti, from which the whale got its common name. The liquid was removed from the ****ceti organ at sea, and stored separately...