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killer whales

killer whales is the plural of killer whale.

Meaning of killer whale

Noun

killer whale (plural killer whales)

  1. A sea mammal related to dolphins and porpoises (Orcinus orca).
    • Of this whale, little is known to the Nantucketer, and nothing at all to the professed naturalist. From what I have seen of him at a distance, I should say that he was about the bigness of a grampus. He is very savage - a sort of Feegee fish. He sometimes takes the great Folio whales by the lip and...1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC

Questions about killer whales

What is killer whales the plural of?
Killer whales is the plural of killer whale.

Words near killer whales in the dictionary

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  5. killer whale
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  7. killerball
  8. killeress
  9. killeresses
  10. killerish
  11. killerly

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