sperm whale

Meaning

  1. A whale (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

Physeter catodon

spermwhale

giant sperm whale

Translations

Etymology

A clipping of spermaceti whale.

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