waxy substance secreted by the sperm whale and found floating at sea or washed ashore; used in perfume

waxy substance secreted by the sperm whale and found floating at sea or washed ashore; used in perfume

waxy substance secreted by the sperm whale and found floating at sea or washed ashore; used in perfume

predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas

Any of various larger members of this order, including the blue whale, humpback whale, and right whale, in contrast to the porpoises and dolphins, the fishing for, or occupation of taking, whales, Any of several species of large sea mammals, verb_ hunt for whales, intransitive verb_ To engage in the hunting of whales, To strike or hit a person or thing repeatedly and forcefully, To swing at a ball with great effort, especially repeatedly

A complex of fibers or filaments that have been twisted together to form a cable, rope, thread, or yarn, A wisp or lock of hair, a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides), verb_ bring to the ground, leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue, transitive verb_ To make or form (a rope, for example) by twisting strands together, To break a strand of (a rope, for example), intransitive verb_ To drift, or be driven, on shore to run aground, To be stranded, as on a beach. Used of sea animals, To cause (a whale or other sea animal) to be unable to swim free from a beach or from shallow water

A substance, such as spermaceti, obtained from a sperm whale, Semen, The male seed of any kind, as the semen or seminal fluid of the higher vertebrates, the male spawn or milt of the lower vertebrates, or the seminal elements of any animal, containing the male germs, or spermatozoa

A membranous appendage extending from the body of a fish or other aquatic animal, used for propelling, steering, or balancing the body in the water, A projecting vane used for cooling, as on a radiator or an engine cylinder, transitive verb_ To carve or cut up, as a chub, intransitive verb_ To lash the water with the fins Used of a dying whale, To swim, as a fish