"sperm whale" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sperm whale.wav Forms: sperm whales [plural]
Etymology: A clipping of spermaceti whale. Head templates: {{en-noun}} sperm whale (plural sperm whales)
  1. A whale, Physeter macrocephalus, the largest of the toothed whales. Wikidata QID: Q81214 Synonyms: cachalot, common cachalot Hypernyms: whale, cetacean, marine mammal, mammal, vertebrate, animal, organism, creature Related terms: spermaceti whale [alternative] Translations (Physeter macrocephalus): kashalot [masculine] (Albanian), حُوتُ الْعَنْبَر (ḥūtu l-ʕanbar) [masculine] (Arabic), կաշալոտ (kašalot) (Armenian), কেছাল’ তিমি (kesalö timi) (Assamese), কেছাল’ (kesalö) (Assamese), cachalote (Asturian), romu (Asturian), kaşalot (Azerbaijani), кашало́т (kašalót) [masculine] (Belarusian), кашало́т (kašalót) [masculine] (Bulgarian), catxalot (Catalan), ᏓᏆ ᎤᏍᏆᎴᏂ (daqua usqualeni) (Cherokee), boah-phang-keng [Hokkien] (Chinese), 抹香鯨 /抹香鲸 (mǒxiāngjīng) (Chinese Mandarin), vorvaň [masculine] (Czech), kaskelot [common-gender] (Danish), kaskelothval [common-gender] (Danish), potvis [masculine] (Dutch), kašelott (Estonian), avgustur [masculine] (Faroese), spermur [masculine] (Faroese), kaskelotti (Finnish), cachalot [masculine] (French), cachalote [masculine] (Galician), კაშალოტი (ḳašaloṭi) (Georgian), Pottwal [masculine] (German), φυσητήρας (fysitíras) [masculine] (Greek), kigutilissuaq (Greenlandic), palaoa (Hawaiian), स्पर्म व्हेल (sparm vhel) (Hindi), शुक्राणु व्हेल (śukrāṇu vhel) (Hindi), nagy ámbráscet (Hungarian), óriás ámbráscet (Hungarian), búrhvalur [masculine] (Icelandic), kashaloto (Ido), caisealóid [feminine] (Irish), capodoglio [masculine] (Italian), 抹香鯨 (makkōkujira) (alt: まっこうくじら) (Japanese), マッコウクジラ (makkōkujira) (Japanese), кашалот (kaşalot) (Kazakh), 향고래 (hyanggorae) (Korean), кашалот (kaşalot) (Kyrgyz), physeter [masculine] (Latin), kašalots [masculine] (Latvian), kašalotas [masculine] (Lithuanian), кашалот (kašalot) [masculine] (Macedonian), paus sperma (Malay), кашалот (kašalot) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), заарт халим (zaart xalim) [China, Cyrillic] (Mongolian), ᠵᠢᠭᠠᠷᠲᠤ ᠬᠠᠯᠢᠮᠤ (ǰiɣartu qalimu) (Mongolian), parāoa (Māori), maaʔak (Nootka), spermhval [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kaskelott [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), trollkval [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), spermkval [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), kaskelott [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), عنبر (english: 'amber) (Ottoman Turkish), کاشالوت (kâšâlot) (Persian), نهنگ عنبر (nahang-e 'anbar) (Persian), kaszalot [masculine] (Polish), cachalote [masculine] (Portuguese), cașalot [masculine] (Romanian), кашало́т (kašalót) [masculine] (Russian), уљешура [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ulješura [Latin, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), vorvaň [masculine] (Slovak), kit glavač [masculine] (Slovene), cachalote [masculine] (Spanish), nyangumi-shahawa (Swahili), kaskelot [common-gender] (Swedish), pottval [common-gender] (Swedish), spermacetival [common-gender] (Swedish), кашалот (kašalot) (Tajik), วาฬสเปิร์ม (Thai), ispermeçet balinası (Turkish), kadırga balığı (Turkish), kaşalot (Turkish), kaşalot (Turkmen), кашало́т (kašalót) [masculine] (Ukrainian), kashalot (Uzbek), cá nhà táng (Vietnamese), morfil gwyn [masculine] (Welsh)
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  2. Any whale in the superfamily Physeteroidea, which also includes the small whales of genus Kogia. Hypernyms: whale, cetacean, mammal, vertebrate, animal, organism, creature
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Derived forms: dwarf sperm whale, pygmy sperm whale, sperm whale oil, sperm-whale porpoise Related terms: spermaceti, sperm oil

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        {
          "_dis1": "87 13",
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          "_dis1": "87 13",
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          "sense": "Physeter macrocephalus",
          "word": "কেছাল’ তিমি"
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          "_dis1": "87 13",
          "code": "as",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13",
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          "_dis1": "87 13",
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        {
          "_dis1": "87 13",
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          "word": "kaşalot"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
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          "sense": "Physeter macrocephalus",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "кашало́т"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
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          "roman": "kašalót",
          "sense": "Physeter macrocephalus",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "кашало́т"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "lang_code": "ca",
          "sense": "Physeter macrocephalus",
          "word": "catxalot"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13",
          "code": "chr",
          "lang": "Cherokee",
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          "roman": "daqua usqualeni",
          "sense": "Physeter macrocephalus",
          "word": "ᏓᏆ ᎤᏍᏆᎴᏂ"
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        {
          "_dis1": "87 13",
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        {
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        {
          "_dis1": "87 13",
          "code": "cs",
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          "sense": "Physeter macrocephalus",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "vorvaň"
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        {
          "_dis1": "87 13",
          "code": "da",
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            "common-gender"
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        {
          "_dis1": "87 13",
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        {
          "_dis1": "87 13",
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        {
          "_dis1": "87 13",
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          "word": "kašelott"
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        {
          "_dis1": "87 13",
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          "sense": "Physeter macrocephalus",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "avgustur"
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        {
          "_dis1": "87 13",
          "code": "fo",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "spermur"
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        {
          "_dis1": "87 13",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
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          "word": "kaskelotti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cachalot"
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        {
          "_dis1": "87 13",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "87 13",
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          "word": "კაშალოტი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Pottwal"
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        {
          "_dis1": "87 13",
          "code": "el",
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          "sense": "Physeter macrocephalus",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "φυσητήρας"
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        {
          "_dis1": "87 13",
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          "lang": "Greenlandic",
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          "word": "kigutilissuaq"
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        {
          "_dis1": "87 13",
          "code": "haw",
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          "sense": "Physeter macrocephalus",
          "word": "palaoa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13",
          "code": "hi",
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          "lang_code": "hi",
          "roman": "sparm vhel",
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        {
          "_dis1": "87 13",
          "code": "hi",
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        {
          "_dis1": "87 13",
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          "word": "nagy ámbráscet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13",
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          "sense": "Physeter macrocephalus",
          "word": "óriás ámbráscet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
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          "sense": "Physeter macrocephalus",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "búrhvalur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "lang_code": "io",
          "sense": "Physeter macrocephalus",
          "word": "kashaloto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "lang_code": "ga",
          "sense": "Physeter macrocephalus",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "caisealóid"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "lang_code": "it",
          "sense": "Physeter macrocephalus",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "capodoglio"
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          "_dis1": "87 13",
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          "code": "ja",
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          "word": "抹香鯨"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13",
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          "_dis1": "87 13",
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          "_dis1": "87 13",
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          "_dis1": "87 13",
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          "_dis1": "87 13",
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          "_dis1": "87 13",
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          "word": "кашалот"
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          "_dis1": "87 13",
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          "lang": "Malay",
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          "sense": "Physeter macrocephalus",
          "word": "paus sperma"
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        {
          "_dis1": "87 13",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Māori",
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          "sense": "Physeter macrocephalus",
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          "_dis1": "87 13",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13",
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          "_dis1": "87 13",
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          "word": "maaʔak"
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          "_dis1": "87 13",
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          "sense": "Physeter macrocephalus",
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          "_dis1": "87 13",
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          "_dis1": "87 13",
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          "_dis1": "87 13",
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          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "87 13",
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          "_dis1": "87 13",
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          "sense": "Physeter macrocephalus",
          "word": "کاشالوت"
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          "_dis1": "87 13",
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          "lang": "Persian",
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          "_dis1": "87 13",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
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          "sense": "Physeter macrocephalus",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "kaszalot"
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          "_dis1": "87 13",
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "cachalote"
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          "_dis1": "87 13",
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          "lang": "Romanian",
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          "sense": "Physeter macrocephalus",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "cașalot"
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          "_dis1": "87 13",
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          "sense": "Physeter macrocephalus",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "кашало́т"
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          "_dis1": "87 13",
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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          "_dis1": "87 13",
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          "word": "kit glavač"
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            "common-gender"
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          "_dis1": "87 13",
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          "word": "кашалот"
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          "sense": "Physeter macrocephalus",
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          "_dis1": "87 13",
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "caisealóid"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "Physeter macrocephalus",
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      "word": "capodoglio"
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      "roman": "makkōkujira",
      "sense": "Physeter macrocephalus",
      "word": "抹香鯨"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "code": "kk",
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      "word": "кашалот"
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      "code": "ko",
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      "roman": "hyanggorae",
      "sense": "Physeter macrocephalus",
      "word": "향고래"
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      "sense": "Physeter macrocephalus",
      "word": "кашалот"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "Physeter macrocephalus",
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      "word": "physeter"
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      "code": "lv",
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      "sense": "Physeter macrocephalus",
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      "word": "kašalots"
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      "sense": "Physeter macrocephalus",
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      "word": "kašalotas"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "кашалот"
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      "code": "ms",
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      "sense": "Physeter macrocephalus",
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      "sense": "Physeter macrocephalus",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "cachalote"
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      "word": "vorvaň"
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      "sense": "Physeter macrocephalus",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "Physeter macrocephalus",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "cachalote"
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      "code": "sw",
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      "sense": "Physeter macrocephalus",
      "word": "nyangumi-shahawa"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "Physeter macrocephalus",
      "word": "кашалот"
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "lang_code": "th",
      "sense": "Physeter macrocephalus",
      "word": "วาฬสเปิร์ม"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "Physeter macrocephalus",
      "word": "ispermeçet balinası"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "Physeter macrocephalus",
      "word": "kadırga balığı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "Physeter macrocephalus",
      "word": "kaşalot"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "english": "'amber",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "lang_code": "ota",
      "sense": "Physeter macrocephalus",
      "translation": "'amber",
      "word": "عنبر"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "lang_code": "tk",
      "sense": "Physeter macrocephalus",
      "word": "kaşalot"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "kašalót",
      "sense": "Physeter macrocephalus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кашало́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "lang_code": "uz",
      "sense": "Physeter macrocephalus",
      "word": "kashalot"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "sense": "Physeter macrocephalus",
      "word": "cá nhà táng"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "lang_code": "cy",
      "sense": "Physeter macrocephalus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "morfil gwyn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sperm whale"
}

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