- Arctic white whale - Which species of whale has a long tusk? - An arctic cetacean (Monodon monocerous), about twenty feet
long. The male usually has one long, twisted, pointed canine tooth, or
tusk projecting forward from the upper jaw like a horn, whence it is
called also sea unicorn, unicorn fish, and unicorn whale. Sometimes two
horns are developed, side by side.
- Arctic seal hunter in major catastrophe - Black and white ocean predator - Black and white whale - Black-And-White Predator - I left Cairo, off to see killer whale - Killer whale - Mallorca shopping plaza removed ocean predator
- Any one of several species of Coregonus, a genus of
excellent food fishes allied to the salmons. They inhabit the lakes of
the colder parts of North America, Asia, and Europe. The largest and
most important American species (C. clupeiformis) is abundant in the
Great Lakes, and in other lakes farther north. Called also lake
whitefish, and Oswego bass. - The menhaden. - The beluga, or white whale.
- 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.
- Perfume base - Perfume ingredient - A substance of the consistence of wax, found floating in
the Indian Ocean and other parts of the tropics, and also as a morbid
secretion in the intestines of the sperm whale (Physeter
macrocephalus), which is believed to be in all cases its true origin.
In color it is white, ash-gray, yellow, or black, and often variegated
like marble. The floating masses are sometimes from sixty to two
hundred and twenty-five pounds in weight. It is wholly volatilized as a
white vapor at 212¡ Fahrenheit, and is highly valued in perfumery.