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Definition of Spermaceti

Spermaceti
Spermaceti Sper`ma*ce"ti, n. [L. sperma sperm + cetus,gen. ceti, any large sea animal, a whale, Gr. ???. See Sperm, Cetaceous.] A white waxy substance obtained from cavities in the head of the sperm whale, and used making candles, oilments, cosmetics, etc. It consists essentially of ethereal salts of palmitic acid with ethal and other hydrocarbon bases. The substance of spermaceti after the removal of certain impurities is sometimes called cetin. Spermaceti whale (Zo["o]l.), the sperm whale.

Meaning of Spermaceti from wikipedia

- whales). ****ceti is created in the ****ceti organ inside the whale's head. This organ may contain as much as 1,900 litres (500 US gal) of ****ceti. It...
- The ****ceti organ is an organ present in the heads of toothed whales of the family Physeteroidea, in particular the sperm whale. This organ contains...
- Conservation of Nature. The name "sperm whale" is a clipping of "****ceti whale". ****ceti, originally mistakenly identified as the whales' ****, is the...
- sperm oil was used and was found to work. A ****ceti press Strained sperm oil being bottled A ****ceti wax candle Sperm whales celebrate the discovery...
- whales by the basin on the skull spanning the length of the snout. The ****ceti organ contained in that basin is thought to have been used in echolocation...
- the melon, separated by a thin membrane, is the ****ceti organ. Both the melon and the ****ceti organ are encased in a thick fibrous coat, resembling...
- prized blubber and ****ceti had been extracted from the whale, the remaining majority of the carc**** was discarded. ****ceti oil came solely from...
- the ****ceti organ and the "junk". The junk is structurally the same as the melon (homologous to it). The melon is not homologous to the ****ceti organ...
- part of a waxy liquid called ****ceti, from which the whale got its common name. The liquid was removed from the ****ceti organ at sea, and stored separately...
- and beeswax in Europe from the Roman period until the modern era, when ****ceti (from sperm whales) was used in the 18th and 19th centuries, and purified...