orca

Betekenis (Engels)

A sea mammal (Orcinus orca) related to dolphins and porpoises, commonly called the killer whale.

Sinonieme

killer whale

blackfish

grampus

killer

sea wolf

Orcinus orca

orca whale

seawolf

shamoo

orca killer whale

orc

Vertalings

orca

Schwertwal

orque

orca

épaulard

orca

Killerwal

orka

Orca

zwaardwalvis

Orcinus orca

orca

Mörderwal

orca

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈoɹkə/

Etimologie (Engels)

Learned borrowing from Latin orca (“tun, cask; whale”), see there for more. Although the origin is obscure, the sometimes-cited association with orcus (“underworld”) is folk-etymology. Doublet of orc.