orcinus orca

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

   Synonymskiller whalekillerorcagrampussea wolf

   Broaderdolphin

   Part ofOrcinus

Questions about orcinus orca

What does orcinus orca mean?

orcinus orca means "predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas".

What is another word for orcinus orca?

Close synonyms include killer whale, killer, orca, grampus, sea wolf. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is orcinus orca a common word?

orcinus orca is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.