[ 'kaʃəlɒt ]
■ noun old-fashioned term for sperm whale .
Origin
C18: from Fr., from Sp. and Port. ~e , from cachola 'big head'.
CACHALOT
Meaning of CACHALOT in English
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004
[ 'kaʃəlɒt ]
■ noun old-fashioned term for sperm whale .
Origin
C18: from Fr., from Sp. and Port. ~e , from cachola 'big head'.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004