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cachalot
[ kash-uh-lot, -loh ]
cachalot
/ ˈæʃəˌɒ /
noun
- another name for sperm whale
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of cachalot1
1740–50; < French ≪ Portuguese cacholote, equivalent to cachol ( a ) pate, noggin (of obscure origin) + -ote augmentative suffix
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of cachalot1
C18: from French, from Portuguese, cachalote, of unknown origin
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Example Sentences
Bits of the bones of the gigantic squid on which the cachalot feeds.
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The male cachalot has a larger head than that of the female, and it no doubt aids these animals in their aquatic battles.
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This morning we raised fish, a big school of cachalot, about three mile to leeward.
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The crane itself consisted of the long iron arrow and socket of one of the harpoons found in the carcass of the cachalot.
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M. Pomel, whom I cited above, believed it to come from the brain of the whale called "cachalot."
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