KILLER WHALE

Meaning of KILLER WHALE in English

any of several predatory dolphins, esp. the black-and-white Orcinus orca, found in all seas.

[ 1880-85 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

KILLER WHALE — noun Date: 1884 a small gregarious toothed whale ( Orcinus orca of the family Delphinidae) that is black with a …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
KILLER WHALE — or orca A species ( Orcinus orca ) of toothed whale found in all seas from the Arctic to the …
Английский словарь Британика
KILLER WHALE — noun see killer I, 3
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KILLER WHALE — type of predatory toothed whale that attacks dolphins and other whales (extremely intelligent and easy to train in captivity)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
KILLER WHALE — Date: 1884 : a small gregarious toothed whale ( Orcinus orca of the family Delphinidae) that is black with a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
KILLER WHALE — Function: noun Date: 1884 : a small gregarious toothed whale ( Orcinus orca of the family Delphinidae) that is black …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
KILLER WHALE — ■ noun a large toothed whale with distinctive black-and-white markings and a prominent dorsal fin. [ Orcinus orca .]
Concise Oxford English vocab
KILLER WHALE — [killer whale] n (1884): a small gregarious whale (Orcinus orca) that is black with a white ventral side and white …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
KILLER WHALE — also called Grampus (Orcinus orca), widely distributed whale of the family Delphinidae, found in all seas from the Arctic to …
Britannica English vocabulary
KILLER WHALE — (also orca ) noun a black and white whale that eats meat
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KILLER WHALE — ˈkiller whale BrE AmE noun [countable] a black and white ↑ whale that eats meat
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
KILLER WHALE — ( killer whales) A killer whale is a type of black and white whale. N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KILLER WHALE — (~s) A ~ is a type of black and white whale. N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
KILLER WHALE — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ As the ferry nears Vengsøya I talk to Tor about our chances of seeing an …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
KILLER WHALE — or orca A species ( Orcinus orca ) of toothed whale found in all seas from the Arctic to the …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
KILLER WHALE — = killer 3) (зоология) (дельфин-)косатка
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
KILLER WHALE — Косатка
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
KILLER WHALE — зоол. (дельфин-)косатка ( Orca gen. )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
KILLER WHALE — зоол. (дельфин-)касатка (Orca gen.)
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
KILLER WHALE — дельфин-касатка
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
KILLER WHALE — зоол. (дельфин-)косатка ( Orca gen. )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
KILLER WHALE — зоол. (дельфин-)косатка ( Orca gen. )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
KILLER WHALE — бандит, дельфин касатка
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
KILLER WHALE — бандит, дельфин касатка
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
KILLER WHALE — = killer 3)
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
KILLER WHALE — - killer 3)
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
KILLER WHALE — косатка (Orcinus orca)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
KILLER WHALE — косатка ( Orcinus orca )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
KILLER WHALE — = killer 3
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
KILLER WHALE — = killer 3
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
KILLER WHALE — дельфин-касатка
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
KILLER WHALE — = killer 3
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
KILLER WHALE — Орки Средиземья
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
KILLER WHALE — Орки
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
KILLER WHALE — Косатка
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
KILLER WHALE — = killer 3) (зоология) (дельфин-)косатка
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
WHALE — I Any of dozens of species of exclusively aquatic mammal s found in oceans, seas, rivers, and estuaries worldwide but …
Английский словарь Британика
WHALE — I. ˈhwāl, esp before pause or consonant -āəl; also ˈwā- noun ( plural whale or whales ) Usage: often attributive …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KILLER — I. ˈkilə(r) noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: kill (I) + -er 1. : one that kills: a. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WHALE — whale 1 /hwayl, wayl/ , n. , pl. whales , ( esp. collectively ) whale , v. , whaled, whaling …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
KILLER — /kil"euhr/ , n. 1. a person or thing that kills. 2. See killer whale . 3. a device used by …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WHALE — I. ˈhwāl, ˈwāl noun ( plural whales ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hwæl; akin to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
KILLER — I. ˈki-lər noun Date: 15th century 1. : one that kills 2. : killer whale 3. a. : one that …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WHALE — [whale] n, pl whales often attrib [ME, fr. OE hwael; akin to OHG hwal whale and perh. to L squalus …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
KILLER — [kill.er] n (15c) 1: one that kills 2: killer whale 3 a: one that has a forceful, violent, or striking …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WHALE — any of several species of exclusively aquatic mammals who, along with the porpoises and dolphins, constitute the order Cetacea (see …
Britannica English vocabulary
KILLER — killer BrE AmE ˈkɪl ə AmE \ - ə r ▷ killer|s z ▶ ˌ killer ˈ whale, ˈ•• • …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WHALE — / weɪl; NAmE / noun a very large animal that lives in the sea and looks like a very large …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KILLER — / ˈkɪlə(r); NAmE / noun 1. a person, an animal or a thing that kills : Police are hunting his …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WHALE — I. whale 1 /weɪl/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: hwæl ] 1 . a very …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
KILLER — I. kill ‧ er 1 /ˈkɪlə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Word Family: noun : ↑ kill , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WHALE — n. (pl. same or whales) any of the larger marine mammals of the order Cetacea, having a streamlined body and …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
KILLER — n. 1 a a person, animal, or thing that kills. b a murderer. 2 colloq. a an impressive, formidable, or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WHALE — n. (pl. same or whales) any of the larger marine mammals of the order Cetacea, having a streamlined body and …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
KILLER — n. 1 a a person, animal, or thing that kills. b a murderer. 2 colloq. a an impressive, formidable, or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WHALE — 1. n. (pl. same or whales) any of the larger marine mammals of the order Cetacea, having a streamlined body …
Oxford English vocab
KILLER — n.1 a a person, animal, or thing that kills. b a murderer. 2 colloq. a an impressive, formidable, or excellent …
Oxford English vocab
WHALE — ( whales) 1. Whales are very large mammals that live in the sea. N-COUNT see also killer whale , sperm …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KILLER — ( killers) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A killer is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WHALE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
KILLER — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a deadly/killer virus ▪ a killer virus which has already been responsible for the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WHALE — [noun] [C] - a very large sea mammalIf you have a whale of a time you enjoy yourself very much.We …
Cambridge English vocab
KILLER — [noun] [C]Police are still hoping to find the dead woman's killer (= person who killed her).Heart disease is the number-one …
Cambridge English vocab
WHALE — n. white whale baleen whale blue whale fin whale razorback whale finback whale humpback whale killer whale pilot whale right …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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