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orc (ôrk)

noun

a killer whale or other cetacean identified by early writers as a “sea monster”

Etymology: Fr orque < L orca, kind of whale, altered (infl. by orca, a large tub) < Gr oruga, acc. of oryx, a large fish

ORC definition

ORC

Officers' Reserve Corps

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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