gigasecond (plural gigaseconds) A unit of time equal to 1,000,000,000 seconds and with symbol Gs. Translations
Orcas are called killer whales due to the fact that they are the top predator in the ocean. They are the hunters, not the hunted. They eat almost anything and everything they â¦ can find including other whales.
Orca is Latin for a kind of whale. Because wild killer whales are not a threat to humans, and the term killer has a derogatory tone, many people now refer to these whales as orcas, rather than killer whales. At least in the U.S., and even among whale researchers, killer whale still seems to be used more commonly, although I've used both terms in this article.