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Definition: Spermaceti whale
Spermaceti
\Sper`ma*ce"ti\, n. [L. sperma sperm + cetus,gen.
ceti, any large sea animal, a whale, Gr. ???. See
Sperm,
Cetaceous.]
A white waxy substance obtained from cavities in the head of
the sperm whale, and used making candles, oilments,
cosmetics, etc. It consists essentially of ethereal salts of
palmitic acid with ethal and other hydrocarbon bases. The
substance of spermaceti after the removal of certain
impurities is sometimes called cetin.
[1913 Webster]
Spermaceti whale (Zo["o]l.), the sperm whale.
[1913 Webster]
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