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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A yellow, waxy oil obtained from the head of the sperm whale and formerly used as an industrial lubricant.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Spermaceti-oil; the oil of the spermaceti-whale. See
train-oil .
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- noun
whale oil from asperm whale
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an animal oil found in the blubber of the sperm whale
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