HyperDic: killer_whale

English > 1 sense of the expression killer whale:
NOUNanimalkiller whale, killer, orca, grampus, sea wolf, Orcinus orcapredatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin
English > killer whale: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningpredatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas.
Synonymskiller, orca, grampus, sea wolf, Orcinus orca
Member ofOrcinus, genus Orcinuskiller whales
BroaderdolphinAny of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout
Spanishorca
Catalanorca, Orcinus orca

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