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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

German has Killerwahl (killer whale) for orca

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I didn't know. So the German might be a calque from the English