orca

Significat (Anglès)

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

Conceptes

orca

Sinònims

killer whale

blackfish

grampus

killer

sea wolf

Orcinus orca

orca whale

seawolf

shamoo

orca killer whale

orc

Traduccions

orque

Schwertwal

orca

orca

épaulard

orca

Killerwal

orka

Orca

Orcinus orca

zwaardwalvis

Mörderwal

orca

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈoɹkə/

Etimologia (Anglès)

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.