Found 2 hits - Term: snub-nosed cachalot, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
snub-nosed \snub"-nosed`\, a.
having a short, flat nose, slightly turned up; as, the
snub-nosed eel.
1913 webster
snub-nosed cachalot zool., the pygmy sperm whale.
1913 webster
see also:
snub-nosed cachalot
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
1913 webster
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.
1913 webster
see also:
physeter macrocephalus cachalot spermaceti whale pygmy sperm whale kogia breviceps snub-nosed cachalot
sperm-whale porpoise hyperoodon bidens bottle-nosed whale
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