NOUN
- predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas
How To Use killer whale In A Sentence
- Killer whales - known as the wolves of the sea - are top Arctic predators, eating prey that includes fatty animals like walruses, seals, sea lions, and even other whales.
- Dolphins and porpoises are examples of odontocetes, as are belugas, narwhals, killer whales, sperm whales, and beaked whales.
- Any of various similar cetaceans, such as the killer whale.
- According to local legend, the killer whales would even guide the tiny whale boats out to the hunt so that the whalers could harpoon and lance the harassed animal.
- On top of the milieu, in wonted Godspeed fashion, an old man recalls a bizarre and oddly moving story of how a penguin is gobbled up by a killer whale.
- In recent years, scientists revealed that resident killer whales were heavily contaminated with deadly toxic chemicals.
- Dolphins and porpoises are examples of odontocetes, as are belugas, narwhals, killer whales, sperm whales, and beaked whales.
- They could be a sign of pollution and a risk to the killer whale population in Puget Sound, which is apparently in decline. KIROTV.com - Local News
- There's a programme about killer whales next.
- Nearby is Sea World, the home of sea lions, killer whales and other marine animals which perform before entranced audiences.
