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sperm oil

noun

Definition of SPERM OIL

:  a pale yellow oil from the sperm whale
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First Known Use of SPERM OIL

1839

Rhymes with SPERM OIL

coal oil, corn oil, fish oil, fixed oil, free-soil, fuel oil, gas oil, night soil, palm oil, red soil, rose oil, shale oil, snake oil, subsoil, tung oil, white oil

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