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minus-squareLemminary@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·21 days agoIn Spanish it’s called “cacholote”. I wonder if it’s related because it’s such an odd word since other whales are called “ballenas”.
minus-squarewolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·21 days agoIt comes from Portuguese, it seems, meaning “big head” https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cachalot
In Spanish it’s called “cacholote”. I wonder if it’s related because it’s such an odd word since other whales are called “ballenas”.
It comes from Portuguese, it seems, meaning “big head” https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cachalot