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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -spermaceti-, *spermaceti*
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English-Thai: NECTEC's Lexitron-2 Dictionary [with local updates]
spermaceti(n) ไขปลาวาฬ

English-Thai: HOPE Dictionary [with local updates]
spermaceti(สเพอ'มะเซท'ทิ) n. ไขปลาวาฬ (จากหัวปลาวาฬ) ใช้ในการทำเครื่องสำอางและอื่น

Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary (pronunciation guide only)
spermaceti

WordNet (3.0)
spermaceti(n) a white waxy substance from oil of the sperm whale

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Spermaceti

n. [ L. sperma sperm + cetus, gen. ceti, any large sea animal, a whale, Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;. See Sperm, Cetaceous. ] A white waxy substance obtained from cavities in the head of the sperm whale, and used making candles, oilments, cosmetics, etc. It consists essentially of ethereal salts of palmitic acid with ethal and other hydrocarbon bases. The substance of spermaceti after the removal of certain impurities is sometimes called cetin. [ 1913 Webster ]


Spermaceti whale (Zool.), the sperm whale.
[ 1913 Webster ]

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary
鯨蝋;鯨ろう[げいろう;くじらろう, geirou ; kujirarou] (n) spermaceti (waxy substance found in the head cavities of sperm whales) [Add to Longdo]

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