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Killer Whale

one of the Delphinidæ (dolphins). It is from 18 to 30 feet long, glossy black above, and white below, with a white patch above the eye, and sometimes a grayish saddle mark on the back. Its fierceness voracity constitute it the terror of the They hunt in small packs, and are particularly abundant near some of the Pacific sealing grounds. ocean.

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