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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Sperma ceti, n. [Late ME and e.m.E. sperma cete (1471), sperma ceti (1525), Med. L. sperma cete, -ceti, (1267 and 14th c. in Latham).] Spermaceti. —a1688 Wallace Orkney 21.
On the shore … is to be found sperma ceti, ambergreise, water spunges, and a great many of the camshells, or os-sepiae
