SPERM WHALE

Meaning of SPERM WHALE in English

noun

a large whale that is hunted for its oil and fat

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 19th cent.: sperm , abbreviation of spermaceti .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

SPERM WHALE — noun Etymology: short for spermaceti whale Date: circa 1700 a large toothed whale ( Physeter macrocephalus syn. P. catodon ) …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SPERM WHALE — or cachalot Thickset, blunt-snouted toothed whale ( Physeter catodon , family Physeteridae) with small, paddlelike flippers and rounded humps on …
Английский словарь Британика
SPERM WHALE — noun Etymology: short for spermaceti whale : a large toothed whale ( Physeter catodon syn. P. macrocephalus ) that has …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SPERM WHALE — () A very large toothed whale (Physeter macrocephalus), having a head of enormous size. The upper jaw is destitute of …
Английский словарь Webster
SPERM WHALE — A very large toothed whale (Physeter macrocephalus), having a head of enormous size. The upper jaw is destitute of teeth. …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPERM WHALE — a large, square-snouted whale, Physeter catodon, valued for its oil and spermaceti: now reduced in number and rare in some …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SPERM WHALE — noun Etymology: short for spermaceti whale Date: circa 1700 : a large toothed whale ( Physeter macrocephalus syn. P. catodon …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SPERM WHALE — a very large toothed whale (physeter macrocephalus), having a head of enormous size. the upper jaw is destitute of teeth. …
Webster English vocab
SPERM WHALE — Pronunciation: ' sp ə rm- Function: noun Etymology: short for spermaceti whale Date: circa 1700 : a large toothed whale …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SPERM WHALE — ■ noun a toothed whale with a massive head, feeding at great depths largely on squid. [ Physeter macrocephalus and …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SPERM WHALE — [sperm whale] n [short for spermaceti whale] (1834): a large toothed whale (Physeter macrocephalus syn. P. catodon) with a large …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SPERM WHALE
Britannica English vocabulary
SPERM WHALE — ˈsperm whale BrE AmE noun [countable] a large ↑ whale sometimes hunted for its oil and fat
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SPERM WHALE — ( sperm whales) A sperm whale is a large whale with a large head that has a section in it …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SPERM WHALE — (~s) A ~ is a large whale with a large head that has a section in it which contains oil. …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SPERM WHALE — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A whale is killed-a great sperm whale . ▪ Fourth, Ishmael makes it clear that …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SPERM WHALE
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SPERM-WHALE — n. See spermaceti-whale .
Dictionary of English Synonyms
SPERM WHALE — (зоология) кашалот (Physeter catodon)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SPERM-WHALE — сущ.; зоол. то же, что cachalot (сокращение от spermaceti whale, название кашалота по веществу, из него добываемому, см. spermaceti, ) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SPERM-WHALE — Кашалот
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
SPERM WHALE — Кашалот
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
SPERM WHALE — Кашалот
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
SPERM(-)WHALE — ( n ) зоол. кашалот ( Physeter catodon )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SPERM-WHALE — _n. _зоол. кашалот
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SPERM-WHALE — зоол. кашалот (Physeter catodon)
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
SPERM-WHALE — кашалот
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SPERM WHALE — (n) кашалот
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
SPERM(-)WHALE — ( n ) зоол. кашалот ( Physeter catodon )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
SPERM(-)WHALE — ( n ) зоол. кашалот ( Physeter catodon )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SPERM WHALE — кашалот
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
SPERM WHALE — кашалот
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
SPERM WHALE — сущ. ; зоол. то же, что cachalot ( сокращение от spermaceti whale, название кашалота по веществу, из него добываемому, см. …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SPERM WHALE — сущ.; зоол. то же, что cachalot (сокращение от spermaceti whale, название кашалота по веществу, из него добываемому, см. spermaceti)
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SPERM WHALE — кашалот (Physeter catodon); pl кашалотовые (Physeteridae)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
SPERM WHALE — кашалот ( Physeter catodon ) ; pl кашалотовые ( Physeteridae )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
SPERM-WHALE — _n. _зоол. кашалот
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
SPERM-WHALE — n. зоол. кашалот
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
SPERM-WHALE — кашалот
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
SPERM-WHALE — _n. _зоол. кашалот
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
SPERM WHALE — Кашалот
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
SPERM-WHALE — сущ.; зоол. то же, что cachalot (сокращение от spermaceti whale, название кашалота по веществу, из него добываемому, см. spermaceti, ) …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SPERM WHALE — (зоология) кашалот (Physeter catodon)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
WHALE — I Any of dozens of species of exclusively aquatic mammal s found in oceans, seas, rivers, and estuaries worldwide but …
Английский словарь Британика
SPERM
Английский словарь Британика
WHALE — I. ˈhwāl, esp before pause or consonant -āəl; also ˈwā- noun ( plural whale or whales ) Usage: often attributive …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
WHALE — whale 1 /hwayl, wayl/ , n. , pl. whales , ( esp. collectively ) whale , v. , whaled, whaling …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SPERM
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WHALE — I. ˈhwāl, ˈwāl noun ( plural whales ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hwæl; akin to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SPERM- — or spermo- or sperma- or spermi- Etymology: Greek sperm-, spermo-, from sperma : seed : germ : sperm sperma theca …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SPERM
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SPERM
Webster English vocab
WHALE — [whale] n, pl whales often attrib [ME, fr. OE hwael; akin to OHG hwal whale and perh. to L squalus …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SPERM- — [sperm-] or spermo- or sperma- or spermi- comb form [Gk sperm-, spermo-, fr. sperma]: seed: germ: sperm "spermatheca" "spermicide"
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SPERM
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WHALE — any of several species of exclusively aquatic mammals who, along with the porpoises and dolphins, constitute the order Cetacea (see …
Britannica English vocabulary
SPERM
Britannica English vocabulary
SPERM — sperm BrE AmE spɜːm AmE spɝːm ▷ sperms spɜːmz AmE spɝːmz ▶ ˈ sperm bank BrE AmE ▶ ˈ sperm …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WHALE — / weɪl; NAmE / noun a very large animal that lives in the sea and looks like a very large …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SPERM
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WHALE — I. whale 1 /weɪl/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: hwæl ] 1 . a very …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SPERM
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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