sperm whale
sperm whale noun: a whale, Physeter macrocephalus, the largest of the toothed whales.
Noun
sperm whale (plural sperm whales)
- A whale, Physeter macrocephalus, the largest of the toothed whales.
- Synonyms:
- cachalot, common cachalot, spermaceti whale
- Any whale in the superfamily Physeteroidea, which also includes the small whales of genus Kogia.
sperm whale meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Assamese
sperm whale in Hindi
- Physeter macrocephalus
- स्पर्म व्हेल sparm vhel, शुक्राणु व्हेल śukrāṇu vhel
sperm whale in Tamil
- ஸ்ப்பெர்ம் திமிங்கிலம்
sperm whale in Malayalam
- sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus
- എണ്ണത്തിമിംഗലം eṇṇattimiṅgalaṁ
sperm whale in Assamese
- Physeter macrocephalus
- কেছাল’ তিমি kesalö timi, কেছাল’ kesalö
More languagesFewer languages
- sperm whale in Arabic
- حُوتُ الْعَنْبَر ḥūtu l-ʕanbar
- sperm whale in Malay
- paus sperma
- sperm whale in Persian
- کاشالوت kâšâlot, نهنگ عنبر nahang-e 'anbar, گاو عنبر gāv-e ambar
- sperm whale in Thai
- วาฬสเปิร์ม
- sperm whale in Vietnamese
- cá nhà táng
Synonyms of sperm whale
Forms of sperm whale
| plural | sperm whales |
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Origin of sperm whale
A clipping of spermaceti whale.
Words formed from sperm whale
Questions about sperm whale
- What does sperm whale mean?
- Sperm whale means a whale, Physeter macrocephalus, the largest of the toothed whales.
- What is sperm whale in Hindi?
- Sperm whale in Hindi is स्पर्म व्हेल (sparm vhel), शुक्राणु व्हेल (śukrāṇu vhel). See Sperm whale meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is sperm whale?
- Sperm whale is a noun.
- What is the plural of sperm whale?
- The plural of sperm whale is sperm whales.
Words near sperm whale in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sperm whale (page history and authors); sperm whale (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); എണ്ണത്തിമിംഗലം (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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