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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 cach·a·lot /ˈkæʃəˌlɑt, ˌlo/
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 cach·a·lot n.  Zoöl. The sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus).  It has in the top of its head a large cavity, containing an oily fluid, which, after death, concretes into a whitish crystalline substance called spermaceti. See Sperm whale.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 cachalot
      n : large whale with a large cavity in the head containing
          spermaceti and oil; also a source of ambergris [syn: sperm
           whale, black whale, Physeter catodon]