killer whale

Etymology
Calque or mistranslation of, referring to their tendency to hunt whales.

Noun

 * 1) A sea mammal related to dolphins and porpoises.

Usage notes
Some prefer the term orca, as "killer whale" can be perceived as a loaded term.

Synonyms

 * , orca

Translations

 * Ainu: カムイフㇺベ
 * Aleut: aglux̂
 * Alutiiq: aqɫuk
 * Arabic: حُوت قَاتِل
 * Asturian: ,
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Cherokee: ᏗᏓᎯᎯ ᏓᏆ
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 殺人鯨
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: orcino, orko
 * Estonian:
 * Faroese: æðuhvalur
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician: ,
 * German:, , Mörderwal, Speckhauer
 * Greek:
 * Greenlandic:
 * Guaraní: pirachuguasu
 * Hawaiian: ʻālaluka
 * Hebrew: לוויתן קטלן
 * Hungarian:, , gyilkos bálna
 * Icelandic:, vagnhvalr
 * Ido: orko
 * Indonesian: paus pembunuh
 * Inupiaq: aaġlu
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: さかまた,
 * Kazakh: косатка
 * Korean:
 * Lithuanian: Orka
 * Lutshootseed: qal'qaləχʷič
 * Maori: maki, kākahi
 * Marathi: हिंसक देवमासा, ऑर्का
 * Neapolitan: ncroja
 * Northern Sami: fahkon
 * Norwegian: spekkhogger,, staurkval, staurhval, vagnhval
 * Norwegian Nynorsk:, staurkval, vagn
 * Old Norse: vagna, vögn
 * Persian: نهنگ قاتل
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: baleia-assassina,
 * Russian:, , кит-уби́йца
 * Scottish Gaelic: mada-chuain,
 * Serbo-Croatian: kit ubojica, orka
 * Seri: tacj queemtax
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: orka
 * Tamil: திமிஙகளம்
 * Thai: วาฬเพชฌฆาต
 * Tibetan: སྟག་ཆུ་སྲིན
 * Tlingit: kéet
 * Turkish: katil balina, orka
 * Vietnamese: (𩵜㺔殺手)
 * Yup'ik: arlluk