sperm whale

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Noun

sperm whale (plural sperm whales)

1. A whale (Physeter catodon, syn. Physeter macrocephalus), the largest of the toothed whales.
2. Any whale in the superfamily Physeteroidea, which also includes the small whales of genus Kogia.

Synonyms

• cachalot
• common cachalot

Translations

• French: cachalot
• German: Pottwal
• Italian: capodoglio
• Portuguese: cachalote
• Russian: кашало́т
• Spanish: cachalote

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