spermaceti

名词 n.
/ˌspɜːməˈsiːti/    /spɚməˈsiːti/|/spɚməˈsɛti/|/spɚməˈsɪti/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A wax obtained from the head of sperm whales and used to make cosmetics, etc; humans separate it out from sperm oil. uncountable
    — Holonym: sperm oil

词源

From Latin sperma (“sperm”) + Latin cētī (“of the whale”, genitive of cētus).
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