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sperm whale
(encz) | sperm whale,vorvaň n: [zoo.] Physeter macrocephalus, Physeter
catodon Vít Hrachový |
Sperm whale
(gcide) | Sperm \Sperm\, n.[Contr. fr. spermaceti.]
Spermaceti.
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Sperm oil, a fatty oil found as a liquid, with spermaceti,
in the head cavities of the sperm whale.
Sperm whale. (Zool.) See in the Vocabulary.
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Sperm whale
(gcide) | Sperm whale \Sperm" whale`\ (Zool.)
A very large toothed whale (Physeter macrocephalus), having
a head of enormous size. The upper jaw is destitute of teeth.
In the upper part of the head, above the skull, there is a
large cavity, or case, filled with oil and spermaceti. This
whale sometimes grows to the length of more than eighty feet.
It is found in the warmer parts of all the oceans. Called
also cachalot, and spermaceti whale.
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Pygmy sperm whale (Zool.), a small whale ({Kogia
breviceps}), seldom twenty feet long, native of tropical
seas, but occasionally found on the American coast. Called
also snub-nosed cachalot.
Sperm-whale porpoise (Zool.), a toothed cetacean
(Hyperoodon bidens), found on both sides of the Atlantic
and valued for its oil. The adult becomes about
twenty-five feet long, and its head is very large and
thick. Called also bottle-nosed whale.
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sperm whale
(wn) | sperm whale
n 1: large whale with a large cavity in the head containing
spermaceti and oil; also a source of ambergris [syn: {sperm
whale}, cachalot, black whale, Physeter catodon] |
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dwarf sperm whale
(encz) | dwarf sperm whale, n: |
pygmy sperm whale
(encz) | pygmy sperm whale,kogie tuponosá [zoo.] kytovec z čeledi vorvaňovitých
(lat. Kogia breviceps) Petr Prášek |
sperm whale
(encz) | sperm whale,vorvaň n: [zoo.] Physeter macrocephalus, Physeter
catodon Vít Hrachový |
Pygmy sperm whale
(gcide) | Sperm whale \Sperm" whale`\ (Zool.)
A very large toothed whale (Physeter macrocephalus), having
a head of enormous size. The upper jaw is destitute of teeth.
In the upper part of the head, above the skull, there is a
large cavity, or case, filled with oil and spermaceti. This
whale sometimes grows to the length of more than eighty feet.
It is found in the warmer parts of all the oceans. Called
also cachalot, and spermaceti whale.
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Pygmy sperm whale (Zool.), a small whale ({Kogia
breviceps}), seldom twenty feet long, native of tropical
seas, but occasionally found on the American coast. Called
also snub-nosed cachalot.
Sperm-whale porpoise (Zool.), a toothed cetacean
(Hyperoodon bidens), found on both sides of the Atlantic
and valued for its oil. The adult becomes about
twenty-five feet long, and its head is very large and
thick. Called also bottle-nosed whale.
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The Denticete including the dolphins and sperm whale which have teeth Another suborder Zeuglodontia is extinct The Sirenia were formerly included in the Cetacea but are now made a separate order
(gcide) | Cetacea \Ce*ta"ce*a\, n. pl. [NL., from L. cetus whale, Gr. ?.]
(Zool.)
An order of marine mammals, including the whales. Like
ordinary mammals they breathe by means of lungs, and bring
forth living young which they suckle for some time. The
anterior limbs are changed to paddles; the tail flukes are
horizontal. There are two living suborders:
(a) The {Mysticete or whalebone whales, having no true
teeth after birth, but with a series of plates of
whalebone [see Baleen.] hanging down from the upper jaw
on each side, thus making a strainer, through which they
receive the small animals upon which they feed.}
(b) The {Denticete, including the dolphins and sperm whale,
which have teeth. Another suborder (Zeuglodontia) is
extinct. The Sirenia were formerly included in the
Cetacea, but are now made a separate order.}
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dwarf sperm whale
(wn) | dwarf sperm whale
n 1: very small (to 8 feet) sperm whale of central coasts of
Atlantic and Pacific [syn: dwarf sperm whale, {Kogia
simus}] |
pygmy sperm whale
(wn) | pygmy sperm whale
n 1: small sperm whale of warm waters of both coasts of North
America [syn: pygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps] |
sperm whale
(wn) | sperm whale
n 1: large whale with a large cavity in the head containing
spermaceti and oil; also a source of ambergris [syn: {sperm
whale}, cachalot, black whale, Physeter catodon] |
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