orc

N ปลาวาฬ พวก  Grampus orca

ORC

n.[L. orea; Gr. ] A sea-fish, a species of whale. The Delphinus orca is the grampus.

ORC

Orc, n. Etym: [L. orca: cf. F. orque. ] (Zoöl.)

orc

orc |ôrk ɔrk | ▶noun (in fantasy literature and games ) a member of an imaginary race of humanlike creatures, characterized as ugly, warlike, and malevolent. DERIVATIVES orc ish adjective ORIGIN late 16th cent. (denoting an ogre ): perhaps from Latin orcus ‘hell ’ or Italian orco ‘demon, monster, ’ influenced by obsolete orc ‘ferocious sea creature ’ and by Old English orcneas ‘monsters ’ The current sense is due to the use of the word in Tolkien's fantasy adventures.

orc

orc |ɔːk | ▶noun (in fantasy literature and games ) a member of an imaginary race of human-like creatures, characterized as ugly, warlike, and malevolent. DERIVATIVES orcish |ˈɔːkɪʃ |adjective ORIGIN late 16th cent. (denoting an ogre ): perhaps from Latin orcus ‘hell ’ or Italian orco ‘demon, monster ’, influenced by obsolete orc ‘ferocious sea creature ’ and by Old English orcneas ‘monsters ’. The current sense is due to the use of the word in Tolkien's fantasy adventures.