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sperm whale

The correct spelling is sperm whale.

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noun

Say it like: Spe-rm -wha-le

The correct spelling is sperm whale. A whale (Physeter catodon, syn. Physeter macrocephalus), the largest of the toothed whales.

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Definition

noun

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

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