orca的词源

英文词源

orca (n.)

"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).

中文词源

orca：杀人鲸

来自拉丁语orca,杀人鲸，词源同ogre,orc.

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