“orca”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

orca

释义

orca|ˈɔːkə|
[a. L. orca a kind of whale, adopted as a generic name by J. E. Gray in Richardson & Gray Zool. Voy. Erebus & Terror (1846) I. 33.]
The killer whale, Orcinus orca (formerly Orca gladiator); cf. orc, ork 1.
1866tr. D. F. Eschricht in W. H. Flower Recent Mem. Cetacea ii. 172 The teeth of the Orcas are of quite a different kind from those of the cachalots.1906Windsor Mag. Sept. 469/2 A school of killers or orcas had quietly come up.1964E. P. Walker et al. Mammals of World II. 1121/1 Killer Whales; Orcas.1977N.Y. Rev. Bks. 14 July 26/1, I was called out on deck by excited voices to gaze on a pod of orcas, or killer whales, that flanked and followed our boat as if in escort.

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