sperm whale in English

noun
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a toothed whale with a massive head, typically feeding at great depths on squid, formerly valued for the spermaceti and sperm oil in its head and the ambergris in its intestines.
This anatomical quirk occurs only in toothed whales - including the sperm whale , narwhal, orca, and porpoise - and it helps explain an old maritime mystery.
noun
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1. Sperm whale

2. A sperm whale

3. Bubbie is a large blue sperm whale

4. Ambergris is a solid, waxy material produced in the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) and also in the pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps)

5. THOMAS BEALE'S HlSTORY OF THE SPERM WHALE, 1839.

6. Ambergris is a substance that the wild sperm whale regurgitates naturally

7. Ambergris is a substance that the wild sperm whale regurgitates naturally

8. AND FlNALLY DESTROYED BY A LARGE SPERM WHALE IN THE PAClFIC OCEAN. "

9. Ambergris, a solid waxy substance originating in the intestine of the sperm whale (Physeter catodon)

10. What makes the world of a sperm so fundamentally different from that of a sperm whale?

11. One sperm whale dove 3,240 feet, where it got tangled in a submarine cable, and drowned!

12. For example, because of its huge size, a sperm whale inhabits the large Reynolds number world.

13. They'd been struck by a sperm whale, which had ripped a catastrophic hole in the ship's hull.

14. 1958 Max Perutz and John Kendrew use X-ray crystallography to elucidate a protein structure, specifically sperm whale myoglobin.

15. Ambergris, which comes from some species of sperm whale, is one of the most valuable raw materials in perfumery

16. Baleen whales are generally larger than toothed whales except for the sperm whale which is very big and has teeth

17. Baleen whales are generally larger than toothed whales except for the sperm whale which is very big and has teeth

18. Huge indeed are the giant squid and the sperm whale, yet the blue whale, the largest mammal, surpasses them in size.

19. ALONG with the killer whale and the sperm whale, the great white shark* is at the top of the marine food chain.

20. In 1965 the crew of a Soviet whaleboat claimed to have seen a battle between a giant squid and a 40-ton sperm whale.

21. The Cochleae of the sperm whale and extant beaked whales also have a tympanal recess, a feature not seen in other living odontocetes

22. Ambergris begins its long journey in darkness, beneath several hundred tons of seawater, in the warm and cavernous hindgut of a sperm whale

23. The policy is changing to prohibit the promotion of ivory from any animal, including but not limited to elephant, mammoth, sperm whale and walrus.

24. First-hand information from the industry! Ambergris, which comes from some species of sperm whale, is one of the most valuable raw materials in perfumery

25. Ambergris (usually uncountable, plural Ambergrises) A solid, waxy, flammable substance of a dull grey or blackish color, produced in the intestines of the sperm whale

26. He noted its small size and nicknamed it "cachalot a tête courte"–small-headed sperm whale; further, the species name breviceps is Latin for "short-headed".

27. Dec 21, 2019 - Ambergris is a solid, waxy, flammable substance of a dull grey or blackish color and is produced in the digestive system of the sperm whale

28. The Blubbering one likened Andy Goram to Moby, the unfortunate sperm whale, and as the pot calling the kettle black, said it was high time - and tide - Goram reappeared for training

29. Ambergris definition is - a waxy substance found floating in or on the shores of tropical waters, believed to originate in the intestines of the sperm whale, and used in perfumery as a fixative.

30. The oboe d’amore begins by playing a transcription of the humpback whale song, while the tape part begins as an Accompanimental background made out of altered recordings humpback whale song, sperm whale clicks, musician wren song, and one grey seal “rup” call

31. Eén op de honderd potvissen heeft het in zijn lijf, dankzij een foutje van de natuur ambergris (usually uncountable, plural Ambergrises) A solid, waxy, flammable substance of a dull grey or blackish color, produced in the intestines of the sperm whale.

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33. ‘Beached fishing boats’ ‘A baby whale looking for his mom, we are told, is Beached.’ ‘Later, at the Pacific Ocean, the men find a Beached whale.’ ‘About 20 destroyers out of the 50 interned have been Beached.’ ‘Fishermen found a 50-foot, 50-ton sperm whale Beached on the coast of Taiwan last Saturday.’

34. And whale anatomy is featured most memorably when the ship's "mincer of blubber" dresses up in the tunic-like foreskin of a sperm whale, causing Ishmael to liken him to an "Archbishoprick." Truth be told, there's so much phallic imagery in this book, one would be excused for assuming that the title itself is an enormous penis joke.