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sperm whales

sperm whales is the plural of sperm whale.

Meaning of sperm whale

Noun

sperm whale (plural sperm whales)

  1. A whale, Physeter macrocephalus, the largest of the toothed whales.
  2. Any whale in the superfamily Physeteroidea, which also includes the small whales of genus Kogia.

Questions about sperm whales

What is sperm whales the plural of?
Sperm whales is the plural of sperm whale.

Words near sperm whales in the dictionary

  1. sperm sac
  2. sperm sack
  3. sperm whale
  4. sperm whale oil
  5. sperm whale oils
  6. sperm whales
  7. sperm-blossom
  8. sperm-blossoms
  9. sperm-whale porpoise
  10. sperm-whale porpoises
  11. sperma

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