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    SPERM WHALE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil; also a source of ambergrisplay

    Synonyms:

    black whale; cachalot; Physeter catodon; sperm whale

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("sperm whale" is a kind of...):

    toothed whale (any of several whales having simple conical teeth and feeding on fish etc.)

    Holonyms ("sperm whale" is a member of...):

    genus Physeter; Physeter (type genus of the Physeteridae)

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