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orc

1

[ awrk ]

noun

  1. any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
  2. a mythical monster, as an ogre.


O.R.C.

2

abbreviation for

  1. Officers' Reserve Corps.

orc

/ ɔːk /

noun

  1. any of various whales, such as the killer and grampus
  2. one of an imaginary race of evil goblins, esp in the fiction of J.R.R. Tolkien


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Word History and Origins

Origin of orc1

First recorded in 1520–30; partly from Middle French orque, a kind of whale, partly from Italian orca “large whale, fabulous sea monster,” partly from Latin orca, a kind of whale; orca ( def ); Orcus ( def ), ogre

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Word History and Origins

Origin of orc1

C16: via Latin orca, perhaps from Greek orux whale

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