junk sperm whale anatomy
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- composition
- honeycomb of oil and tough elastic white fibres
- description
- The lower subdivided part of the Sperm Whale's head, an immense honeycomb of oil formed by crossing and recrossing elastic white fibres.
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- lower subdivided part
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- The lower subdivided part, called the junk, is one immense honeycomb of oil, formed by the crossing and recrossing, into ten thousand infiltrated cells, of tough elastic white fibres throughout its whole extent.
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- 2026-03-02T00:02:04.025Z
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