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baleia-assassina Catalan
orca 
Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas.
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Examples for "killer"
Examples for "killer"
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None had used the classic 'serial killer' soubriquets of 'quiet' or 'withdrawn'.
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One thing they were both sure about: the video-killer wasn't working alone.
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She was good last start but just lacked that killer edge late.
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Police believe the killer used his fists and hands to strangle her.
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Denying one's killer everything; even the least satisfaction of a professional challenge.
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Gulls darted overhead; and past the canoe dived the great floundering grampus.
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Jan held on and breathed through his nose, snorting like a grampus.
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The grampus, thirty feet long, never killed on the same account.
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I, for one, was puffing, too- Iwaspanting like a grampus.
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I gasped and coughed like a grampus: the stalk was down my throat still.
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These are the orca that are being studied in the Ross Sea.
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The young male orca had been trapped in the line since Monday.
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Staff determined the sex of orca by analysing the mammal's physical characteristics.
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SeaWorld has previously announced that it would phase out live orca shows.
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An orca stranded at Patea Beach overnight has died despite rescue attempts.
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But such a treasure will not be found with this old sea wolf.
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I expect the old sea wolf is an excellent friend when you know his little ways.
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Is it true that my master and my friend is a dead man-theold sea wolf dead?
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By the time that I had reached the cavern the waves already flowed over old sea wolf's resting-place.
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You whelp of a sea wolf!
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Image 2: Albatrosses interact with a killer whale on the open ocean.
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A killer whale has been spotted off the coast of west Kerry.
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Both Canada and the US list the Southern Resident killer whale as endangered.
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Facebook Twitter Pinterest Lolita the killer whale and a trainer perform.
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Incredibly, against all odds, it turned out to be a rotting killer whale.
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A killer whale at San Diego SeaWorld has given birth to a 300lb calf.
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Mr Lilley said it was a false killer whale, rather than a pilot whale.
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You said it looked a bit like a killer whale?
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To be precise, it was a recording of the sounds of the killer whale.
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To the non-gamer, Shenmue sounds like maybe a killer whale.
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Oscar-winning actress Marion Cotillard plays a killer whale trainer who has a terrible accident.
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Dr Visser said her team used a system called kegging to secure the killer whale.
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Many citizen scientists in Antarctica and New Zealand contributed their killer whale photos and sightings.
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Only one pygmy killer whale had stranded and died in New Zealand before, he said.
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They learned of the effects of the noises of the killer whale for this purpose.
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It is thought the killer whale may have been herding the sharks towards the beach.