orca

Significado (English)

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

Synonyms

Orcinus orca

orca whale

shamoo

orca killer whale

Freqüência

33k
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ˈoɹkə/
Etimologia (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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