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单词 orca
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Definition of orca in English:

orca

noun ˈɔːkəˈôrkə
  • another term for killer whale
    Example sentencesExamples
    • But Balcomb said he is fighting, nonetheless, to prove that sonar is dangerous to orcas too.
    • Unlike other mammals, newborn dolphins and orcas stay active 24/7 during first months of development
    • Five river dolphin species and 34 oceanic species have been identified, including the orca and melon-headed and pilot whales.
    • Salmon is critical to the diets of grizzly bears and orcas, the researcher stated.
    • Sharks have not displayed the intelligence that dolphins, orcas or even whales have.
    • ‘When the salmon go, the eagles will go, and the orcas will, too,’ Gammon cautions.
    • The release of 195 decibels into this key waterway used by orcas, porpoises, seals, and other marine mammals was followed by an increase in strandings.
    • Once those prey dwindled, orcas would settle for the smaller fur seals and aggressive sea lions.
    • The area is home to orcas, dolphins, and a wealth of other marine mammals and birds.
    • The orcas - like those made famous by the film Free Willy - usually move in large family pods around the North Atlantic, visiting America, Greenland, Iceland, Norway and Scotland on their long trek.
    • If you look at dolphins, orcas, and blue whales, all fully aquatic animals, you would have a hard time imagining them walking on land.
    • Since 1976, whale expert Ken Balcomb has led what is perhaps the longest running study on killer whales, or orcas.
    • We take cups of coffee onto the deck to view humpback whales and pods of orcas.
    • Then potential menace turned to pure joy as two more orcas joined the first and together they porpoised toward the setting sun.
    • The prime suspect is a predator new to the otter: the orca.
    • The orcas prey on the indigenous Californian sea lions, which are permanent residents off the smaller islands such as Los Islotes, off the remotest corner of Espiritu Santo.
    • That forced orcas, or killer whales, which normally feed on seals and sea lions, to approach the coast and eat the sea otters.
    • Adult orcas have been seen encouraging their young, pushing them onto a ‘practice’ beach where no seals are present.
    • We jump aboard and head out full-throttle until we see a pod of orcas running down a Pacific white-sided dolphin.
    • Most common are bears, orcas, sea lions, seals, otters, eagles, terns and cormorants.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Latin, denoting a kind of whale.

Rhymes

caulker (US calker), corker, hawker, Lorca, Majorca, Minorca, porker, squawker, stalker, talker, walker, yorker
 
 

Definition of orca in US English:

orca

nounˈôrkə
  • A large toothed whale with distinctive black-and-white markings and a prominent dorsal fin. It lives in groups that cooperatively hunt fish, seals, and penguins.

    Orcinus orca, family Delphinidae

    Also called killer whale
    Example sentencesExamples
    • But Balcomb said he is fighting, nonetheless, to prove that sonar is dangerous to orcas too.
    • The orcas - like those made famous by the film Free Willy - usually move in large family pods around the North Atlantic, visiting America, Greenland, Iceland, Norway and Scotland on their long trek.
    • Once those prey dwindled, orcas would settle for the smaller fur seals and aggressive sea lions.
    • That forced orcas, or killer whales, which normally feed on seals and sea lions, to approach the coast and eat the sea otters.
    • If you look at dolphins, orcas, and blue whales, all fully aquatic animals, you would have a hard time imagining them walking on land.
    • The orcas prey on the indigenous Californian sea lions, which are permanent residents off the smaller islands such as Los Islotes, off the remotest corner of Espiritu Santo.
    • The area is home to orcas, dolphins, and a wealth of other marine mammals and birds.
    • Sharks have not displayed the intelligence that dolphins, orcas or even whales have.
    • ‘When the salmon go, the eagles will go, and the orcas will, too,’ Gammon cautions.
    • The release of 195 decibels into this key waterway used by orcas, porpoises, seals, and other marine mammals was followed by an increase in strandings.
    • Most common are bears, orcas, sea lions, seals, otters, eagles, terns and cormorants.
    • Salmon is critical to the diets of grizzly bears and orcas, the researcher stated.
    • Adult orcas have been seen encouraging their young, pushing them onto a ‘practice’ beach where no seals are present.
    • Unlike other mammals, newborn dolphins and orcas stay active 24/7 during first months of development
    • Since 1976, whale expert Ken Balcomb has led what is perhaps the longest running study on killer whales, or orcas.
    • We take cups of coffee onto the deck to view humpback whales and pods of orcas.
    • Then potential menace turned to pure joy as two more orcas joined the first and together they porpoised toward the setting sun.
    • We jump aboard and head out full-throttle until we see a pod of orcas running down a Pacific white-sided dolphin.
    • The prime suspect is a predator new to the otter: the orca.
    • Five river dolphin species and 34 oceanic species have been identified, including the orca and melon-headed and pilot whales.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Latin, denoting a kind of whale.

 
 
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