Authorship

Original name	:			Fitzinger, 1860:204.
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Etymology

Latin (subst. fem.) orca (gen.: orcae), large-bellied pot.	Ref: ICZN, 1999: Art. 30.1.1 (Examples).
Latin (suff.) -īnus, -īna, -īnum (gen.: -īnī, -īnae, -īnī)	Ref: ICZN, 1999: Art. 30.1.1 (Examples).

Gender

Masculine

Ref: ICZN, 1999. Int. Code Zool. Nomencl. (ed. 4): Art. 30.1.1 (Examples).

Types

Type of	:	Orcininae (Subfamily) Wagner, 1846
Type, by original designation	:	Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms

Synonymous name	:	Gladiator (Genus) Gray, 1870		Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder (eds.), 1993: 354.
Synonymous name	:	Ophysia (Genus) Gray, 1868		Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name	:	Orca (Genus) Gray, 1846		Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder (eds.), 1993: 354.

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

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zwaardwalvissen

Vernacular Names (English)

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killer whale