Talk:orca
Latest comment: 3 months ago by 109.255.120.6 in topic Possibly from Gaulish orco
Both orcas and orca are used for the plural [1] Keith the Koala (talk) 11:26, 13 August 2014 (UTC)
Possibly from Gaulish orco[edit]
Gaulish orco = piglet (see Delamarre), or more generally, live offspring of a mammal, from PIE porkos. Compare porpoise = piglet fish i.e., mammal fish, semantically comparable to other toothed whales. 109.255.120.6 00:55, 26 January 2024 (UTC)