porpoise oil

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porpoise oil - a yellow fatty oil obtained from porpoises and used as a fine lubricantanimal oil - any oil obtained from animal substances

porpoise oil

[′pȯr·pəs ‚ȯil] (materials) A pale-yellow fatty oil obtained from blubber of the brown porpoise; soluble in ether, benzene, carbon disulfide, and chloroform; used as a lubricant, leather dressing, and illuminating oil, and in soap stock.

porpoise oil

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noun a yellow fatty oil obtained from porpoises and used as a fine lubricant

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animal oil

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