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cachalot

/ˈkaʃəlɒt/ UK
/ˈkaʃələʊ/ UK
/ˈkæ.ʃəˌloʊ/ US

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Borrowed from French cachalot, from Portuguese cachalote, from cachola (“head”) + -ote.

noun cachalots

The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus. A flexible rib cage facilitates the collapse of the lungs of a diving cachalot (a synonym derived from an old French word for tooth), so reducing the nitrogen uptake which is responsible for decompression sickness in diving humans, while high levels of haemoglobin in the blood and myoglobin in the s

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"cachalot." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cachalot. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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"cachalot." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cachalot.

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@misc{cachalot_2026,
  title = {cachalot},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cachalot},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}