walschot

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch walschot. Equivalent to wal (“whale”) +‎ schot (“shot, that which has been shot”), based on the mistaken, once widely held notion that spermaceti was the sperm whale's semen.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɑl.sxɔt/
  • Hyphenation: wal‧schot

Noun

walschot n (uncountable)

  1. spermaceti
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