Translation for 'killer whale' from English to Bulgarian

killer whale {noun} [Orcinus orca]

косатка {ж}зоол.T

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weed killer {noun}

пестицид {м} [хербицид]агр.химия

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serial killer {noun}

сериен убиец {м}

whale {noun}

кит {м}зоол.T

whale shark {noun} [Rhincodon typus]

китова акула {ж}ихтиол.T

bowhead whale {noun} [Balaena mysticetus]

гренландски кит {м}зоол.T

humpback (whale) {noun} [Megaptera novaeangliae]

гърбат кит {м}зоол.T

Greenland (right) whale {noun} [Balaena mysticetus]

гренландски кит {м}зоол.T

gray whale {noun} [Am.] [Eschrichtius robustus]

сив кит {м}зоол.T

pygmy sperm whale {noun} [Kogia breviceps]

малък кашалот {м}зоол.T

whale-headed stork {noun} [Balaeniceps rex]

китоглава чапла {ж}орн.T

grey whale {noun} [Br.] [Eschrichtius robustus]

сив кит {м}зоол.T

gray back whale {noun} [Am.] [Eschrichtius robustus]

сив кит {м}зоол.T

Pacific gray whale {noun} [Am.] [Eschrichtius robustus]

сив кит {м}зоол.T

California gray whale {noun} [Am.] [Eschrichtius robustus]

сив кит {м}зоол.T

ginkgo-toothed beaked whale {noun} [Mesoplodon ginkgodens]

японски клюномуцунест кит {м}зоол.T

гинковиднозъб кит {м}зоол.T

• Although it was a hazardous undertaking, those that ate “killer whale” regarded both its meat and blubber to be of higher quality than that of the larger whales.
• It is hypothesized that beluga whales utilize ice as protection from killer whale predation or for feeding on schools of fish.
• Eleven vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS "Grampus" after two members of the dolphin family (Delphinidae): "Grampus griseus", also known as Risso's dolphin, and "Orcinus orca", also known as the killer whale.
• Friday Harbor has also been seen in several films including "Practical Magic", "Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home", "Pirate for the Sea", and "Namu, the Killer Whale".
• Geauga Lake historically was also the second location for the SeaWorld chain of marine mammal parks, which opened on the opposite side of the lake from the amusement park in 1970 and was home to the killer whale (orca) show known as Shamu.

• The best known hybrid is the wholphin, a false killer whale-bottlenose dolphin hybrid.
• Signature marine fauna include the southern right whale, the Magellanic penguin ("Spheniscus magellanicus"), the killer whale, and elephant seals.
• The Steller sea lion's hearing range also suggests that they are capable of hearing the underwater calls of one of their main predators, the killer whale.
• Behaviour seen for the first time included the sequence that was eventually selected to illustrate the series' DVD cover: that of a killer whale pouncing on a colony of sea lions on a Patagonian beach and 'playing' with its young prey before consuming it.
• The Irrawaddy dolphin shares similar physical characteristics with the beluga whale, but its genetic makeup ties the Irrawaddy dolphin and the killer whale as close relatives of one another.

• It includes the largest delphinid species, "Orcinus orca", known as the orca or killer whale.
• The Walrus feature tells the story of the first killer whale displayed in captivity, Moby Doll, who was harpooned in the summer of 1964 off the coast of British Columbia's Saturna Island.
• In the Eastern Pacific, the false killer whale has been known to target smaller dolphins during tuna purse-seine fishing operations; there are attacks on sperm whales ("Physeter macrocephalus"), and one instance against a humpback whale ("Megaptera novaeangliae") calf.
• It was the first facility in the world to study a killer whale (1964); its researchers discovered a new species of shrimp in the Gulf Islands (1997); and it became the first aquarium to ensure that it would never result in the capture of a wild whale or dolphin (1996).
• Although tiger sharks are apex predators, they are sometimes preyed on by pods of killer whales.