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Noun: orca  or-ku
  1. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas
    "The orca breached spectacularly while hunting seals"; "A pod of Orcinus orcas surrounded the ice floe";
    - killer whale, killer, grampus, sea wolf, Orcinus orca

Derived forms: orcas

Type of: dolphin

Part of: genus Orcinus, Orcinus

Encyclopedia: Orca