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minus-squareRattlerSix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·13 hours agoWikipedia sez The name “sperm whale” is a clipping of “spermaceti whale”. Spermaceti, originally mistakenly identified as the whales’ semen, is the semi-liquid, waxy substance found within the whale’s head.
minus-squareSkunkWorkz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·5 hours agoSpermaceti sounds like a pasta dish.
minus-squareFlickerby@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 hours agoGood lord I don’t want to be invited to your dinner parties
Wikipedia sez
The name “sperm whale” is a clipping of “spermaceti whale”. Spermaceti, originally mistakenly identified as the whales’ semen, is the semi-liquid, waxy substance found within the whale’s head.
Spermaceti sounds like a pasta dish.
Good lord I don’t want to be invited to your dinner parties