orca
/ˈɔːkə
/noun
Another term for killer whale.Since 1976, whale expert Ken Balcomb has led what is perhaps the longest running study on killer whales, or orcas....
- If you look at dolphins, orcas, and blue whales, all fully aquatic animals, you would have a hard time imagining them walking on land.
- That forced orcas, or killer whales, which normally feed on seals and sea lions, to approach the coast and eat the sea otters.
Origin
Mid 17th century: from Latin, denoting a kind of whale.
Rhymes
- reticulate python
- reticulate-veined
- reticulation
- reticule
- reticuled
- reticulin
- reticulitis
- reticulocyte
- reticulocyte count
- reticulocyte level
- reticulocytosis
- reticuloendothelial
- reticuloendotheliosis
- reticulopodial
- reticulosarcoma
- reticulose
- reticulosis
- reticulospinal
- reticulum
- reticulum cell
- retie
- retiform
- retighten
- retile
- retill