Southern resident orca

noun

The smallest of four communities of the exclusively fish-eating ecotype of orca in the northeast Pacific Ocean.

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Meanings

nounSouthern resident orca (plural Southern resident orcas)

plural Southern resident orcas

  1. biologyThe smallest of four communities of the exclusively fish-eating ecotype of orca in the northeast Pacific Ocean.
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