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Definition of Cachalots
1. cachalot [n] - See also: cachalot
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cachalots
Literary usage of Cachalots
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"cachalots, without dorsal fins, have been taken even in the Adriatic. ...
The Whales are equal in size to the cachalots, and in the proportional magnitude ..."
2. Elements of medical zoology by Alfred Moquin-Tandon, Robert Thomas Hulme (1861)
"persons consider that this substance is a normal production of all the cachalots ;
others suppose that it is a morbid and, consequently, an accidental ..."
3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1812)
"The whale fishers can easily distinguish at a distance the cachalots from the
whales, by the manner in which ... The cachalots can remain longer under water ..."
4. Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain: With Physical Sections and Maps by Alexander von Humboldt (1822)
"The whale fishers can easily distinguish, at a distance, the cachalots from the
whales, ... The cachalots can remain longer under water than the true whale. ..."
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