orca
pronunciation
How to pronounce orca in British English:
UK [ˈɔ:kə]
How to pronounce orca in American English:
US [ˈɔrkə]
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- Noun:
- predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas
Word Origin
- orca (n.)
- "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).
Example
- 1. Tracking them from above is the orca team .
- 2. No humans have ever been killed by an orca in the wild .
- 3. Dr visser is a leading orca researcher and has pioneered several discoveries in orca behaviour .
- 4. And the unorthodox approach proved successful after the team from stanford university came up with a design modelled on the structure of the ear of orca wales .
- 5. He was teamed with miga a mythical sea bear said to be part orca and part kermod bear who loves to surf in the summer and snowboard in the winter .