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Categories: Animals that use echolocation, Articles with short description, ESA endangered species, Symbols of Connecticut, EDGE species
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sperm whale  cachalot  black whale  Physeter catodon  common cachalot
EN
Large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil; also a source of ambergris WordNet 3.0
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EN
Large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil; also a source of ambergris WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
The sperm whale or cachalot is the largest of the toothed whales and the largest toothed predator. Wikipedia
A large toothed whale Wikipedia Disambiguation
Largest species of toothed whale Wikidata
A toothed whale measuring up to 20 meters long and having a very large head which is typically one-third of the animal's length. OmegaWiki
A sperm whale (Physeter catodon, syn. Physeter macrocephalus (family Physeteridae)). Wiktionary
A whale (Physeter catodon, syn. Physeter macrocephalus), the largest of the toothed whales. Wiktionary
IS A
toothed whale
taxonomic group
whale
PART OF
Physeter
HAS KIND
Aulophyseter
Zygophyseter
Orycterocetus
Mocha Dick
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language
Otto's encyclopedia
IUCN CONSERVATION STATUS
vulnerable species
MAIN FOOD SOURCE
squid
NAMED AFTER
spermaceti
PARENT TAXON
Physeter
TAXON RANK
species
THIS TAXON IS SOURCE OF
ambergris
sperm oil
spermaceti
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
EN
sperm whale, cachalot, black whale, Physeter catodon
Wikipedia
EN
sperm whale
Wikidata
EN
Physeter macrocephalus
Wiktionary
EN
black whale, sperm whale
OmegaWiki
EN
common cachalot, sperm whale
Wikipedia Redirections
EN
Cachalot, Cachelot, Catodon whale, Common Cachalot, Evolutionary history of sperm whales, Kashalot, Physeter antiquus, Physeter catodon, Physeter macrocephalus, Physeter vetus, Physeteridae Catadon, Physeteridae catadon, Potvis, Social behavior of sperm whales, Sperm-Whale, Sperm wale, Sperm Whale, sperm whales, Spermacet whale, Spermwhale, Vocalizations of sperm whales
Wikidata Alias
EN
cachalot, Sperm whale, sperm whale

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