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English

sperm whale

noun

Meaning

  1. A whale (Physeter catodon, syn. Physeter macrocephalus), the largest of the toothed whales.
  2. Any whale in the superfamily Physeteroidea, which also includes the small whales of genus Kogia.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

black whale(English)cachalot(English)physeter catodon(English)toothed whale(English)blue whale(English)physeterid(English)physeteroid(English)whale(English)

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data