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spermaceti


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Spermaceti  \Sper`ma*ce"ti\,  n.  [L.  sperma  sperm  +  cetus,gen. 
  ceti,  any  large  sea  animal,  a  whale,  Gr  ???.  See  {Sperm}, 
  {Cetaceous}.] 
  A  white  waxy  substance  obtained  from  cavities  in  the  head  of 
  the  sperm  whale,  and  used  making  candles,  oilments 
  cosmetics,  etc  It  consists  essentially  of  ethereal  salts  of 
  palmitic  acid  with  ethal  and  other  hydrocarbon  bases.  The 
  substance  of  spermaceti  after  the  removal  of  certain 
  impurities  is  sometimes  called  cetin. 
 
  {Spermaceti  whale}  (Zo["o]l.),  the  sperm  whale. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  spermaceti 
  n  :  a  white  waxy  substance  from  oil  of  the  sperm  whale 




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