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What (who) is pygmy sperm whale - definition
SPECIES OF MAMMAL
Kogia breviceps; Pygmy sperm whales; Pygmy Sperm Whale
cachalot
![[[Ambergris]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ambergris.jpg?width=200 "[[Ambergris]]")
![[[Scrimshaw]] was the art of engraving on the teeth of sperm whales. It was a way for whalers to pass the time between hunts.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nantucket Whaling scrimshaw E.Burdett.jpg?width=200 "[[Scrimshaw]] was the art of engraving on the teeth of sperm whales. It was a way for whalers to pass the time between hunts.")
![Unusual among [[cetaceans]], the sperm whale's blowhole is highly skewed to the left side of the head.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sperm whale blowhole Vincze.jpg?width=200 "Unusual among [[cetaceans]], the sperm whale's blowhole is highly skewed to the left side of the head.")
.jpg?width=200 "Global concentrations of sperm whales")
.svg?width=200 "Anatomy of the sperm whale's head. The organs above the jaw are devoted to sound generation.")
.jpg?width=200 "The phonic lips.")
![sound mirror]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sperm whale frontal sac surface close-up.jpg?width=200 "sound mirror]].")
n.
Sperm-whale, spermaceti whale (Physeter macrocephalus).
Cachalot
·noun The sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus). It has in the top of its head a large cavity, containing an oily fluid, which, after death, concretes into a whitish crystalline substance called spermaceti. ·see Sperm whale.
sperm whale
(sperm whales)
A sperm whale is a large whale with a large head that has a section in it which contains oil.
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Wikipedia
Pygmy sperm whale
The pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps) is one of two extant species in the family Kogiidae in the sperm whale superfamily. They are not often sighted at sea, and most of what is known about them comes from the examination of stranded specimens.
Examples of use of pygmy sperm whale
1. Like most people, I was both fascinated and rather touched by yesterday‘s story of a dolphin coming to the aid of a pygmy sperm whale and her calf which had repeatedly beached themselves on a drying sandbank.