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Webster 1913 Edition

orc

orc

(ôrk)

,

Noun.

[L.

orca

, a kind of whale: cf. F.

orque

.]

1.

(Zool.)

Any of several cetaceans, especialy the

grampus

(

Grampus griseus

) of the dolphin family.

[Written also

ork

and

orch

.]

Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Orc

ORC

,

Noun.

[L. orea; Gr.] A sea-fish, a species of whale.

The Delphinus orca is the grampus.

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