cachalot
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of cachalot
1740–50; < French ≪ Portuguese cacholote, equivalent to cachol ( a ) pate, noggin (of obscure origin) + -ote augmentative suffix
Example Sentences
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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.
From The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea by Reid, Mayne
With the spermaceti to be extracted from the “case” of the cachalot, they could lay in a stock that would last them for many a day.
From The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea by Reid, Mayne
During all that day, the sailor and the ex-cook of the Pandora kept watch from the summit of the dead cachalot.
From The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea by Reid, Mayne
He had been bitten in two by a cachalot, and had only three arms left, but they were of tremendous length.
From Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story by Springer, Norman
Scores of sharks,—both of the blue and white species,—attended by their pilots and suckers, were swimming around the carcass of the cachalot.
From The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea by Reid, Mayne
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