Sperm Oil

Definition: Sperm Oil

Sperm Oil

Noun

1. An animal oil found in the blubber of the sperm whale.

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Crosswords: Sperm Oil

Grinding and pressing crude spermaceti for removal of taut-pressed oil. Interior view of oil refinery. Filling bottles with sperm oil. In: "Aquatic Products in Arts and Industries" by Charles H. Stevenson. Report of the Commissioner for the Year Ending June 30, 1902. P. 200, Plate 14. Credit: Fisheries.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Expression using "sperm oil": crude sperm oil. Additional references.

Bulgarian 

спермацет (sperm, spermaceti), китова мас (blubber, spermaceti), мас от кашалот. (various references)

Danish

raffineret spermacetolie (refined sperm oil), raa spermacetolie (crude sperm oil). (various references)

Dutch

spermaceti-olie. (various references)

French

huile de spermaceti (refined sperm oil), huile de blanc de baleine. (various references)

German

Spermacetioel (crude sperm oil), waltran (train oil of the whale), Walratoel (refined sperm oil). (various references)

Greek 

λάδι σπερματοκηρού (refined sperm oil), λίπος ή λάδι που προέρχεται από τον φυσητήρα (crude sperm oil). (various references)

Italian

olio di spermaceti (refined sperm oil), grasso o olio proveniente dal capodoglio (crude sperm oil). (various references)

Pig Latin

ermspay oilay

Portuguese

gordura ou óleo proveniente do cachalote (crude sperm oil), óleo de espermacete (refined sperm oil). (various references)

Spanish

grasa o aceite de cacahuete (crude sperm oil), aceite de espermaceti (refined sperm oil). (various references)

Turkish

ispermeçet yağı, balina yağı (blubber, sperm, spermaceti, train oil, whale oil). (various references)

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