# sperm whale

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A whale, Physeter macrocephalus, the largest of the toothed whales.
2. Any whale in the superfamily Physeteroidea, which also includes the small whales of genus Kogia.

## Etymology
A clipping of spermaceti whale.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sperm-whale