- See killer whale 参见 killer whale
- Latin ōrca [whale] 拉丁语 ōrca [鲸]
- probably alteration probably influenced by orca [vessel] 可能为 可能受 orca的影响 [轮船]
- of Greek orux orug- [pickax, a kind of large fish or whale] 希腊语 orux的变化 orug- [鹤嘴锄，一种大鱼或鲸]
- perhaps from orussein [to dig] 可能源自 orussein [挖]