spermaceti+whale
111Cetyl alcohol — Cetyl alcohol[1] …
112Zygophyseter — Taxobox name = Zygophyseter fossil range = Late Miocene (Tortonian) image width = 320px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Cetacea subordo = Odontoceti familia = Physeteridae genus = Zygophyseter species = Z. varolai… …
113 Zygophyseter — Zygophyseter …
114Physeter catodon — noun large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil; also a source of ambergris • Syn: ↑sperm whale, ↑cachalot, ↑black whale • Hypernyms: ↑toothed whale • Member Holonyms: ↑Physeter, ↑ …
115cetyl alcohol — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary cet (from Latin cetus whale) + yl; from its occurrence in spermaceti Date: 1863 a waxy crystalline alcohol C16H34O obtained by the saponification of spermaceti or the hydrogenation of palmitic… …
116Candlepower — (abbreviated as cp) is an obsolete scientific unit of luminous intensity based on the light emitted from a candle made to a specified formula. The candlepower as a scientific measure was replaced in 1948 by the international unit (SI) known as… …
117cetyl alcohol — /seet l/ a white, crystalline, water insoluble solid, C16H34O, used chiefly as an emollient in cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. Also, cetylic alcohol /si til ik/. Also called ethal. [1870 75; CET + YL (so called because some of its compounds are… …
118cetaceum — SYN: spermaceti. [G. ketos, a whale] * * * ce·ta·ce·um si tā s(h)ē əm, shəm n SPERMACETI …
119cachalot — cach a*lot, n. [F. cachalot.] (Zo[ o]l.) The sperm whale ({Physeter macrocephalus}). It has in the top of its head a large cavity, containing an oily fluid, which, after death, concretes into a whitish crystalline substance called {spermaceti}.… …
120Physeter macrocephalus — cachalot cach a*lot, n. [F. cachalot.] (Zo[ o]l.) The sperm whale ({Physeter macrocephalus}). It has in the top of its head a large cavity, containing an oily fluid, which, after death, concretes into a whitish crystalline substance called… …
