cachalot

cachalot has 2 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

• n.. 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. See Sperm whale.
• n.. large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil; also a source of ambergris