Definition of Cacholot

1. cachalot [n -S] - See also: cachalot

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cacholot

cachexin
cachexy
caching
cachinnate
cachinnated
cachinnates
cachinnating
cachinnation
cachinnations
cachinnator
cachinnators
cachinnatory
cachiri
cacholong
cacholongs
cacholot (current term)
cacholots
cachou
cachous
cachucha
cachuchas
cacik
caciks
caciocavallo
cacique
caciques
caciquism
caciquisms
cacistocracies
cacistocracy

Literary usage of Cacholot

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Chambers, W. and R., publ (1876)
"cacholot, or Sperm ... it is Skull and lower jaw of cacholot. not wonderful that the animal in swimming raises its head above the surface of the water, ..."

2. The Contemporary Review (1866)
"... perhaps the cacholot or sperm whale." The student will be repaid for his trouble in examining the illustrative examples under "all to" (Judg. ix. ..."

3. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1870)
"... constituting the essential part of spermaceti, the substance which, m the state of solution in an oil, fills the cavities in the head of the cacholot, ..."

4. Journal of the British Archaeological Association by British Archaeological Association (1855)
"The next specimen is wrought out of a piece of the jaw-bone of the cacholot-whale. It measures 17 inches in length, is well polished, but unadorned with ..."

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