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Definition of killer whale in English: killer whalenoun A large toothed whale with distinctive black-and-white markings and a prominent dorsal fin. It lives in groups that hunt fish, seals, and penguins cooperatively. 逆戟鲸，虎鲸。亦称ORCA Orcinus orca, family Delphinidae Also called orca Example sentencesExamples - The book also tells of an intrepid United States Navy photographer in a polar region who stepped onto an ice floe to attract a killer whale, detected by a horde of penguins and seals leaping out of the water and onto the ice to avoid being eaten.
- According to one report posted on the Internet, a killer whale lunged completely out of the water, stranding itself on an ice floe as it grabbed a seal.
- For sheer size and predatory power, the killer whale is probably the closest thing to a living Tyrannosaurus rex on Earth today.
- But I've listened to some of these anti-sub sonars and they have a similar effect to the sound of a killer whale.
- Although Orkney's seals seem to have escaped the worst of the deadly virus, PDV, it now looks like the seals are facing an altogether different threat - a killer whale.
- Victoria's waters, home of the Orca killer whale, remain at about 10-degrees Celsius throughout the year.
- Fifty or more feet long and weighing an estimated forty tons, Shonisaurus was one of the largest creatures of its time - about the size of a modern sperm whale and twice the size of a killer whale.
- The most popular attractions, particularly with the kids, are the dolphins, the killer whale and the five beluga whales in a tank.
- A lone killer whale near a Canadian fishing village was a skilled mimic that barked just like a sea lion, a new study reveals.
- When the gulls landed on the water, the killer whale would then attempt to capture them in her mouth, without killing them.
- Historically, this close relationship may have stemmed from the killer whale's habit of driving small whales ashore.
- No dependency of group size on length was obvious in the striped dolphin and the killer whale.
- Aside from humans, who hunt them for their skin, their chief predator appears to be the killer whale.
- Aside from humans, their principal enemies are the polar bear and killer whale.
- And when Ki, the killer whale, started attacking him, he somehow remained calm, and calmed the whale.
- While few have actually observed a killer whale attack a sea otter, many believe they would based on the increasing loss of hooked fish to the hungry whales.
- The Arctic teems with life, from its largest predators, the killer whale and the polar bear, to small birds like the tiny Arctic tern.
- The infamous killer whale has a reputation for attacking mammals such as sea-lions, smaller dolphins and, in packs, even other whales.
- Steller sea lions were once the primary prey of the killer whale.
- The first killer whale was born in captivity in California.
Definition of killer whale in US English: killer whalenounˈkilər ˌ(h)wālˈkɪlər ˌ(h)weɪl another term for orca Example sentencesExamples - Aside from humans, who hunt them for their skin, their chief predator appears to be the killer whale.
- The most popular attractions, particularly with the kids, are the dolphins, the killer whale and the five beluga whales in a tank.
- When the gulls landed on the water, the killer whale would then attempt to capture them in her mouth, without killing them.
- No dependency of group size on length was obvious in the striped dolphin and the killer whale.
- Fifty or more feet long and weighing an estimated forty tons, Shonisaurus was one of the largest creatures of its time - about the size of a modern sperm whale and twice the size of a killer whale.
- Aside from humans, their principal enemies are the polar bear and killer whale.
- Although Orkney's seals seem to have escaped the worst of the deadly virus, PDV, it now looks like the seals are facing an altogether different threat - a killer whale.
- A lone killer whale near a Canadian fishing village was a skilled mimic that barked just like a sea lion, a new study reveals.
- The infamous killer whale has a reputation for attacking mammals such as sea-lions, smaller dolphins and, in packs, even other whales.
- And when Ki, the killer whale, started attacking him, he somehow remained calm, and calmed the whale.
- According to one report posted on the Internet, a killer whale lunged completely out of the water, stranding itself on an ice floe as it grabbed a seal.
- But I've listened to some of these anti-sub sonars and they have a similar effect to the sound of a killer whale.
- For sheer size and predatory power, the killer whale is probably the closest thing to a living Tyrannosaurus rex on Earth today.
- The first killer whale was born in captivity in California.
- While few have actually observed a killer whale attack a sea otter, many believe they would based on the increasing loss of hooked fish to the hungry whales.
- Steller sea lions were once the primary prey of the killer whale.
- The book also tells of an intrepid United States Navy photographer in a polar region who stepped onto an ice floe to attract a killer whale, detected by a horde of penguins and seals leaping out of the water and onto the ice to avoid being eaten.
- Victoria's waters, home of the Orca killer whale, remain at about 10-degrees Celsius throughout the year.
- Historically, this close relationship may have stemmed from the killer whale's habit of driving small whales ashore.
- The Arctic teems with life, from its largest predators, the killer whale and the polar bear, to small birds like the tiny Arctic tern.
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