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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 sper·ma·ce·ti /ˌspɝməˈsiti, ˈsɛ-/
 鯨腦,鯨油

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 sper·ma·ce·ti /ˌspɝməˈsɪtɪ, ˈsɛt-/ 名詞
 鯨蠟

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Sper·ma·ce·ti n.  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.
 Spermaceti whale Zool., the sperm whale.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 spermaceti
      n : a white waxy substance from oil of the sperm whale