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Technically that's a dolphin.
Technically that's a toothed whale belonging to the oceanic dolphin family.
The part about the name 'killer whale' is interesting though:
According to some authors, the name killer whale would be a mistranslation of the 18th century Spanish name asesina de ballenas which means literally whale killer.
Wait, which thread is this again?
Technically that's a dolphin.