orc noun. [ɔ:k] Also ork. L16.
[In sense 1 from French orque or Latin ORCA. In sense 2 perh. repr. or infl. by Latin orcus hell, Italian orco demon, monster, (in Tolkien) Old English orcneas (pl.).]
1. Any of various ferocious sea-creatures; spec. the killer whale. L16-M19.

2. A devouring monster, an ogre. In the stories of J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973): a member of an imaginary warlike race of short stature and ogreish characteristics. L16.

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