Noun: orc
Sample Sentences
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The latter phenomenon is similar to the conceptual division seen in Ainu society between kimun-kamuy, the bear spirit of the mountains, and repun-kamuy, the orc or dolphin spirit of the sea. [1992, Utagawa Hiroshi, “The ‘Sending-Back’ Rite in Ainu Culture”, in Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, volumes 19/2–3, page 265:]
Nouns inflected like orc
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Middle French orque, Italian orca, and their source, Latin orca (“type of whale”). Doublet of orca. See: Italian Nouns '
orca', Latin Nouns '
orca'.
Verbs referencing "orc"
Finnish Nouns
örkki, Polish Nouns
ork, Russian Nouns
орк, Ukrainian Nouns
орк.