orca

Oznaczający (Angielski)

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

Koncepcje

orka

miecznik

Synonimy

killer whale

blackfish

grampus

killer

sea wolf

Orcinus orca

orca whale

seawolf

shamoo

orca killer whale

orc

Tłumaczenia

orque

orca

Schwertwal

orca

épaulard

Killerwal

orca

Orca

orka

zwaardwalvis

Orcinus orca

orca

Mörderwal

orca

baleia-assassina

Wymawiane jako (IPA)

/ˈoɹkə/

Etymologia (Angielski)

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.