How to Use spermaceti in a Sentence
spermaceti
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The spermaceti is full of a waxy substance that was originally thought to be the animal’s sperm (hence the name).
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Ed Yong,
Discover Magazine,
2010-06-30
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So were high-quality spermaceti candles, which slavers would trade for people in West Africa and the Caribbean.
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Kate Aronoff,
The New Republic,
2021-01-22
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Sperm whales were hunted for the waxlike spermaceti found in their heads, which was used as a lubricant in looms, trains, and guns, and, most significant, as a raw material in fine candles.
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Amia Srinivasan,
The New Yorker,
2020-08-17
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As in most parts of the world, the whales in the Gulf were hunted extensively for its spermaceti, a waxy substance contained in the whale’s massive head that was used to make candles or oil products.
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Dennis Pillion | [email protected],
al,
2020-11-28
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The family of Walden author Henry David Thoreau, for instance, mixed graphite with bayberry wax or spermaceti, a wax from sperm whales commonly used to make candles at the time.
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Jonathan Schifman,
Popular Mechanics,
2016-08-16
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The whales’ names are derived from a semi-liquid waxy substance found in their heads — known as spermaceti — that was once used for lubrication and lamp fuel, according to the National Wildlife Federation.
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Saumya Gupta,
Los Angeles Times,
2023-06-12
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