orca
Oznaczający (English)
A sea mammal (Orcinus orca) related to dolphins and porpoises, commonly called the killer whale.
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Wymawiane jako (IPA)
/ˈoɹkə/
Etymologia (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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