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Orca

/ˈɔː(ɹ).kə/

A sea mammal (Orcinus orca) related to dolphins and porpoises, commonly called the killer whale.

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noun

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A sea mammal (Orcinus orca) related to dolphins and porpoises, commonly called the killer whale.

🔄 Synonyms of "Orca"

5 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
killernoun	One who or that which kills.
grampusnoun	A killer whale (Orcinus orca).
sea wolfnoun	Alternative spelling of seawolf. [A strong-jawed North Atlantic fish of wolffish family Anarhichadidae, Anarhichas lupus.]
killer whalenoun	A sea mammal related to dolphins and porpoises (Orcinus orca).
orcinus orcanoun	predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Orca"

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Word	Definition
killer whalenoun	A sea mammal related to dolphins and porpoises (Orcinus orca).
grampusnoun	A killer whale (Orcinus orca).
sea wolfnoun	Alternative spelling of seawolf. [A strong-jawed North Atlantic fish of wolffish family Anarhichadidae, Anarhichas lupus.]
killernoun	One who or that which kills.
orcinus orcanoun	predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas
orcnoun	(fantasy, mythology) A mythical evil monstrous humanoid creature, usually quite aggressive and often green.
whalenoun	Any one of numerous large marine mammals comprising an informal group within infraorder Cetacea that usually excludes dolphins and porpoises.
false killer whalenoun	A dolphin of species Pseudorca crassidens, one of the larger dolphin species.
sei whalenoun	A whale of the rorqual family (Balaenoptera borealis).
fin whalenoun	A whale of the rorqual family (Balaenoptera physalus).
razorbacknoun	(US, southeastern US, informal) A feral pig.
irrawaddy dolphinnoun	Orcaella brevirostris, a euryhaline oceanic dolphin found in discontinuous subpopulations near sea coasts and in estuaries and rivers in parts of the Bay of Bengal and Southeast Asia.
bottlenosenoun	bottlenose dolphin.
rorqualnoun	Any whale of family Balaenopteridae, with longitudinal skin folds running from below the mouth to the navel, allowing the capacity of the mouth to expand greatly when feeding.
bottlenose whalenoun	Any whale of the two species in genus Hyperoodon, both with characteristic bottle-shaped noses.
wholphinnoun	The fertile hybrid produced by cross-breeding a bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus (mother), and a false killer whale Pseudorca crassidens (father).
wolphinnoun	Alternative spelling of wholphin. [The fertile hybrid produced by cross-breeding a bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus (mother), and a false killer whale Pseudorca crassidens (father).]
black whalenoun	Any whale of three species:
lesser rorqualnoun	Synonym of minke whale.
southern resident orcanoun	(zoology) The smallest of four communities of the exclusively fish-eating ecotype of orca in the northeast Pacific Ocean.