"killer whale," introduced as a generic term for the species by 1841, from earlier use in scientific names, from Latin orca "cetacean, a kind of whale." Earlier in English, orc, ork "large whale" (c.1590), from French orque, had been used vaguely of sea monsters (see orc). read more
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killer whale in American a very large, mostly black dolphin (Orcinus orca) with white patches, that hunts in large packs and preys on large fish, seals, and whales Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. read more