Yes, "cacholot" is another name for what we call a sperm whale. It's
the French name, and ws sometimes used by whalers from other countries.
I'm not sure what you mean by "whale definition", but if you mean "what
is a whale?" there are two possible answers. the first is that a whale
is the big animal that everyone thinks of as a whale (like a blue whale,
sperm whale etc). The other is that "whale" is synonymous with the word
"cetacean", which is the name scientists give to the group of mammals
that includes all of the whales, dolphins and porpoises. There are
about 80 species in all, of which more than a dozen are big whales.
coté sylvie wrote:
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> HI
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> I would like to know if the cachalot is a whale or not? And I would like
> to know the whale definition.
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> Thanks
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> Roseline
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