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cachalot

[ kash-uh-lot, -loh ]

cachalot

/ ˈæʃəˌɒ /

noun

  1. another name for sperm whale
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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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