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cachalot

Alternative name for the sperm whale; see whale.
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--This whale, among the English of old vaguely known as the Trumpa whale, and the Physeter whale, and the Anvil Headed whale, is the present Cachalot of the French, and the Pottsfich of the Germans, and the Macrocephalus of the Long Words.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
I believe in the existence of a mammal power fully organised, belonging to the branch of vertebrata, like the whales, the cachalots, or the dolphins, and furnished with a horn of defence of great penetrating power.
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Verne, Jules View in context
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