orca

Significado (Inglés)

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

Conceptos

orca

ballena asesina

orca común

urca

Sinónimos

killer whale

blackfish

grampus

killer

sea wolf

Orcinus orca

orca whale

seawolf

shamoo

orca killer whale

orc

Traducciones

orque

Schwertwal

orca

épaulard

orca

Killerwal

Orca

orka

zwaardwalvis

Orcinus orca

orca

Mörderwal

orca

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈoɹkə/

Etimología (Inglés)

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.