Better armed than a baleen whale, whose upper jaw is adorned solely with whalebone, the sperm whale is equipped with twenty-five huge teeth that are twenty centimeters high, have cylindrical, conical summits, and weigh two pounds each.
Mieux armé que la baleine, dont la mâchoire supérieure est seulement garnie de fanons, il est muni de vingt-cinq grosses dents, hautes de vingt centimètres, cylindriques et coniques à leur sommet, et qui pèsent deux livres chacune.