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spermaceti
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Spermaceti
(gcide) | Spermaceti \Sper`ma*ce"ti\, n. [L. sperma sperm + cetus,gen.
ceti, any large sea animal, a whale, Gr. ???. See Sperm,
Cetaceous.]
A white waxy substance obtained from cavities in the head of
the sperm whale, and used making candles, oilments,
cosmetics, etc. It consists essentially of ethereal salts of
palmitic acid with ethal and other hydrocarbon bases. The
substance of spermaceti after the removal of certain
impurities is sometimes called cetin.
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Spermaceti whale (Zool.), the sperm whale.
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spermaceti
(gcide) | cachalot \cach"a*lot\, n. [F. cachalot.] (Zool.)
The sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus). It has in the top
of its head a large cavity, containing an oily fluid, which,
after death, concretes into a whitish crystalline substance
called spermaceti. See Sperm whale.
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spermaceti
(wn) | spermaceti
n 1: a white waxy substance from oil of the sperm whale |
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spermaceti
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spermaceti
(gcide) | Spermaceti \Sper`ma*ce"ti\, n. [L. sperma sperm + cetus,gen.
ceti, any large sea animal, a whale, Gr. ???. See Sperm,
Cetaceous.]
A white waxy substance obtained from cavities in the head of
the sperm whale, and used making candles, oilments,
cosmetics, etc. It consists essentially of ethereal salts of
palmitic acid with ethal and other hydrocarbon bases. The
substance of spermaceti after the removal of certain
impurities is sometimes called cetin.
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Spermaceti whale (Zool.), the sperm whale.
[1913 Webster]cachalot \cach"a*lot\, n. [F. cachalot.] (Zool.)
The sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus). It has in the top
of its head a large cavity, containing an oily fluid, which,
after death, concretes into a whitish crystalline substance
called spermaceti. See Sperm whale.
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Spermaceti whale
(gcide) | Spermaceti \Sper`ma*ce"ti\, n. [L. sperma sperm + cetus,gen.
ceti, any large sea animal, a whale, Gr. ???. See Sperm,
Cetaceous.]
A white waxy substance obtained from cavities in the head of
the sperm whale, and used making candles, oilments,
cosmetics, etc. It consists essentially of ethereal salts of
palmitic acid with ethal and other hydrocarbon bases. The
substance of spermaceti after the removal of certain
impurities is sometimes called cetin.
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Spermaceti whale (Zool.), the sperm whale.
[1913 Webster]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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spermaceti whale
(gcide) | Spermaceti \Sper`ma*ce"ti\, n. [L. sperma sperm + cetus,gen.
ceti, any large sea animal, a whale, Gr. ???. See Sperm,
Cetaceous.]
A white waxy substance obtained from cavities in the head of
the sperm whale, and used making candles, oilments,
cosmetics, etc. It consists essentially of ethereal salts of
palmitic acid with ethal and other hydrocarbon bases. The
substance of spermaceti after the removal of certain
impurities is sometimes called cetin.
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Spermaceti whale (Zool.), the sperm whale.
[1913 Webster]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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spermaceti
(wn) | spermaceti
n 1: a white waxy substance from oil of the sperm whale |
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