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–noun

oil obtained from the blubber of whales or from seals, walruses, or other marine animals.

Origin:
1545–55; earlier trane < D traan train oil, tear; c. G Träne tear

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train oil
n. Oil obtained from the blubber of a whale or other marine animal.

[Middle English trane, from Middle Dutch, tear, drop, train oil; see dakru- in Indo-European roots.]

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train oil

any oil derived from any species of whale, including sperm oil from sperm whales, train oil from baleen whales, and melon oil from small toothed whales.

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