orc
[ awrk ]
/ ɔrk /
noun
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
a mythical monster, as an ogre.
Nearby words
orbitonasal, orbitonometer, orbitotomy, orbivirus, orby, orc, orca, orcadian, orcagna, orcein, orch.
Origin of orc
First recorded in 1510–20, orc is from the Latin word orca
Definition for orc (2 of 2)
O.R.C.
Officers' Reserve Corps.
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orc
/ (ɔːk) /
noun
any of various whales, such as the killer and grampus
one of an imaginary race of evil goblins, esp in the fiction of J.R.R. Tolkien
Word Origin for orc
C16: via Latin orca, perhaps from Greek orux whale
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