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orca

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"Killer whale"

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4 lettersPronunciation /ˈoɹkə/Part of speech nounSorted acorStarts with OEnds with A1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas

Word origin

Learned borrowing from Latin orca (“tun, cask; whale”), see there for more. Although the origin is obscure, the sometimes-cited association with orcus (“underworld”) is folk-etymology. Doublet of orc.

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