orca

Bedeutung (English)

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

Konzepte

Killerwal

Orca

Mörderwal

Möderwal

grosser Schwertwal

Synonyms

Orcinus orca

orca whale

shamoo

orca killer whale

Frequenz

33k
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ˈoɹkə/
Etymologie (English)

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.

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