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Synonyms for orca

Grammar : Noun
Spell : awr-kuh
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɔr kə

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Définition of orca

Origin :
  • "killer whale," introduced as a generic term for the species by 1841, from earlier use in scientific names, from Latin orca "cetacean, a kind of whale." Earlier in English, orc, ork "large whale" (c.1590), from French orque, had been used vaguely of sea monsters (see orc).
  • As in cetacean : noun aquatic mammal
  • As in whale : noun cetacean mammal
Example sentences :
  • Orcellus is a diminutive meaning a small cask; from orca, a cask.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • "Here be no girls, Messer del' Orca," I answered him in the same tone.
  • Extract from : « The Shame of Motley » by Raphael Sabatini
  • Messer Ramiro del' Orca should account to me for this vile deed.
  • Extract from : « The Shame of Motley » by Raphael Sabatini
  • Ramiro del' Orca is a traitor who is plotting the death of his overlord.
  • Extract from : « The Shame of Motley » by Raphael Sabatini
  • I was inclined to the belief that this species was the orca, a whale-killing fish.
  • Extract from : « Tales of Fishes » by Zane Grey
  • The orca, undeterred, plunged straight onward into the inky cloud.
  • Extract from : « Neighbors Unknown » by Charles G. D. Roberts
  • Quillan withdrew the gun, slid it into a pocket, smiled down at Orca.
  • Extract from : « Lion Loose » by James H. Schmitz
  • Orca is situated about three miles north of Cordova, in Cordova Bay.
  • Extract from : « Alaska » by Ella Higginson
  • One night the captain's boat was attacked by a species of fish known as a "killer" (Orca), and its bows were stove in.
  • Extract from : « South American Fights and Fighters » by Cyrus Townsend Brady
  • Allied to Orca, but distinguishable from it by some rather minute peculiarities, is Pseudorca.
  • Extract from : « The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia » by Frank Evers Beddard
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