Using the latin, and avoiding the 18th century "whale" moniker actually makes sense...
Orcinus orca is the only recognized extant species in the genus Orcinus, one of many animal species originally described by Linnaeus in 1758 in Systema Naturae.[7] Konrad Gessner wrote the first scientific description of a killer whale in his Piscium & aquatilium animantium natura of 1558, part of the larger Historia animalium, based on examination of a dead stranded animal in the Bay of Greifswald that had attracted a great deal of local interest.[8]
The killer whale is one of 35 species in the oceanic dolphin family, which first appeared about 11 million years ago. The killer whale lineage probably branched off shortly thereafter.[6] Although it has morphological similarities with the pygmy killer whale, the false killer whale and the pilot whales, a study of cytochrome b gene sequences by Richard LeDuc indicated that its closest extant relatives are the snubfin dolphins of the genus Orcaella.[9]
Common names
Although the term "orca" is increasingly used, English-speaking scientists most often use the traditional name "killer whale". Indeed, the genus name Orcinus means "of the kingdom of the dead",[10] or "belonging to Orcus".[11] Ancient Romans originally used orca (pl. orcae) for these animals, possibly borrowing Greek ὄρυξ (óryx), which referred (among other things) to a whale species. Since the 1960s, "orca" has steadily grown in popularity. The term "orca" is euphemistically preferred by some to avoid the negative connotations of "killer",[12] and because, being part of the family Delphinidae, the species is more closely related to other dolphins than to whales.[13]
According to some authors, the name killer whale is a mistranslation of the 18th century Spanish name asesina-ballenas (killer of whales),[14] possibly given by Basque whalers after observing pods of orcas hunting baleen whales.
They are sometimes referred to as "blackfish", a name also used for other whale species. "Grampus" is a former name for the species, but is now seldom used. This meaning of "grampus" should not be confused with the genus Grampus, whose only member is Risso's dolphin.[15]
Using the latin, and avoiding the 18th century "whale" moniker actually makes sense...
Orcinus orca is the only recognized extant species in the genus Orcinus, one of many animal species originally described by Linnaeus in 1758 in Systema Naturae.[7] Konrad Gessner wrote the first scientific description of a killer whale in his Piscium & aquatilium animantium natura of 1558, part of the larger Historia animalium, based on examination of a dead stranded animal in the Bay of Greifswald that had attracted a great deal of local interest.[8]
The killer whale is one of 35 species in the oceanic dolphin family, which first appeared about 11 million years ago. The killer whale lineage probably branched off shortly thereafter.[6] Although it has morphological similarities with the pygmy killer whale, the false killer whale and the pilot whales, a study of cytochrome b gene sequences by Richard LeDuc indicated that its closest extant relatives are the snubfin dolphins of the genus Orcaella.[9]
Common names
Although the term "orca" is increasingly used, English-speaking scientists most often use the traditional name "killer whale". Indeed, the genus name Orcinus means "of the kingdom of the dead",[10] or "belonging to Orcus".[11] Ancient Romans originally used orca (pl. orcae) for these animals, possibly borrowing Greek ὄρυξ (óryx), which referred (among other things) to a whale species. Since the 1960s, "orca" has steadily grown in popularity. The term "orca" is euphemistically preferred by some to avoid the negative connotations of "killer",[12] and because, being part of the family Delphinidae, the species is more closely related to other dolphins than to whales.[13]
According to some authors, the name killer whale is a mistranslation of the 18th century Spanish name asesina-ballenas (killer of whales),[14] possibly given by Basque whalers after observing pods of orcas hunting baleen whales.
They are sometimes referred to as "blackfish", a name also used for other whale species. "Grampus" is a former name for the species, but is now seldom used. This meaning of "grampus" should not be confused with the genus Grampus, whose only member is Risso's dolphin.[15]
Thank You...…………… like I said, choose your pronoun. Don't be scared of teh name Killer Whale.
Nuke got an unrelated question for you. Do you think a "white" ethno state should be one where most of the inhabitants are a specific type of European or do you think Europeans should join in a type of Pan Euro alliance of sorts? In other words do you concern yourself with purity spirals? Also, Id think for the case with America we'd have to be more of paneuro state if anything and maybe build a more Anglophile alliance for foreign policy but really I think we have to be aligned with Russia and other Asian nations as well to counter China's economic and military sphere of influence. And I think we should do that regardless of whether any type of measurable social/cultural policies take place to insure a european majority in America moving forward.
The whole thing really seems impossible for a country as balkanized as America. But we could align more forthrightly with Anglo nations and others that aren't obviously against the American experiment. Japan seems like a good alley and there's nothing euro about them.
