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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

kill′er whale′(n.)

  1. a large, predatory, black-and-white dolphin

    Orcinus orca.

    Category: Mammals

Origin of killer whale:

1880–85

Princeton's WordNet

  1. killer whale, killer, orca, grampus, sea wolf, Orcinus orca(noun)

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

Wiktionary

  1. killer whale(Noun)

    A sea mammal related to dolphins and porpoises.


Translations for killer whale

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

killer whale(noun)

a black and white whale.

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