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A whale, Physeter macrocephalus, the largest of the toothed whales.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cachalot, common cachalot, spermaceti whale
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: whale, cetacean, marine mammal, mammal, vertebrate, animal, organism, creature
Any whale in the superfamily Physeteroidea, which also includes the small whales of genus Kogia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: whale, cetacean, mammal, vertebrate, animal, organism, creature
large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil; also a source of ambergris
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cachalot, black whale, Physeter catodon
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: toothed whale
A clipping of spermaceti whale.
Across languages
Translations
87 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Albanian:
kashalot
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Arabic:
حُوتُ الْعَنْبَر
(ḥūtu l-ʕanbar)
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Armenian:
կաշալոտ
(kašalot)
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Assamese:
কেছাল’ তিমি
(kesalö timi)
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Assamese:
কেছাল’
(kesalö)
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Asturian:
cachalote
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Asturian:
romu
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Azerbaijani:
kaşalot
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Belarusian:
кашало́т
(kašalót)
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Bulgarian:
кашало́т
(kašalót)
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Catalan:
catxalot
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Cherokee:
ᏓᏆ ᎤᏍᏆᎴᏂ
(daqua usqualeni)
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Chinese:
boah-phang-keng
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Chinese Mandarin:
抹香鯨 /抹香鲸
(mǒxiāngjīng)
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Czech:
vorvaň
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Danish:
kaskelot
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Danish:
kaskelothval
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Dutch:
potvis
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Estonian:
kašelott
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Faroese:
avgustur
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Faroese:
spermur
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Finnish:
kaskelotti
— Physeter macrocephalus
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French:
cachalot
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Galician:
cachalote
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Georgian:
კაშალოტი
(ḳašaloṭi)
— Physeter macrocephalus
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German:
Pottwal
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Greek:
φυσητήρας
(fysitíras)
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Greenlandic:
kigutilissuaq
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Hawaiian:
palaoa
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Hindi:
स्पर्म व्हेल
(sparm vhel)
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Hindi:
शुक्राणु व्हेल
(śukrāṇu vhel)
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Hungarian:
nagy ámbráscet
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Hungarian:
óriás ámbráscet
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Icelandic:
búrhvalur
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Ido:
kashaloto
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Irish:
caisealóid
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Italian:
capodoglio
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Japanese:
抹香鯨
(makkōkujira)
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Japanese:
マッコウクジラ
(makkōkujira)
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Kazakh:
кашалот
(kaşalot)
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Korean:
향고래
(hyanggorae)
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Kyrgyz:
кашалот
(kaşalot)
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Latin:
physeter
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Latvian:
kašalots
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Lithuanian:
kašalotas
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Macedonian:
кашалот
(kašalot)
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Malay:
paus sperma
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Māori:
parāoa
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Mongolian:
кашалот
(kašalot)
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Mongolian:
заарт халим
(zaart xalim)
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Mongolian:
ᠵᠢᠭᠠᠷᠲᠤ ᠬᠠᠯᠢᠮᠤ
(ǰiɣartu qalimu)
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Nootka:
maaʔak
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Norwegian Bokmål:
spermhval
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Norwegian Bokmål:
kaskelott
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
trollkval
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
spermkval
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
kaskelott
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Persian:
کاشالوت
(kâšâlot)
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Persian:
نهنگ عنبر
(nahang-e 'anbar)
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Persian:
گاو عنبر
(gāv-e ambar)
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Polish:
kaszalot
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Portuguese:
cachalote
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Romanian:
cașalot
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Russian:
кашало́т
(kašalót)
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Serbo-Croatian:
уљешура
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Serbo-Croatian:
ulješura
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Slovak:
vorvaň
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Slovene:
kit glavač
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Spanish:
cachalote
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Swahili:
nyangumi-shahawa
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Swedish:
kaskelot
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Swedish:
pottval
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Swedish:
spermacetival
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Tajik:
кашалот
(kašalot)
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Tajik:
гови анбарзой
(gov-i anbarzoy)
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Tajik:
анбарзо
(anbarzo)
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Thai:
วาฬสเปิร์ม
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Turkish:
ispermeçet balinası
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Turkish:
kadırga balığı
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Turkish:
kaşalot
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Turkish:
ada balığı
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Ottoman Turkish:
عنبر
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Turkmen:
kaşalot
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Ukrainian:
кашало́т
(kašalót)
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Uzbek:
kashalot
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Vietnamese:
cá nhà táng
— Physeter macrocephalus
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Welsh:
morfil gwyn
— Physeter macrocephalus
