🫍️ Orca emoji

What is 🫍️ called?

🫍️ is called the Orca emoji.

What does 🫍️ mean?

🫍 is officially named orca. An orca is the largest member of the dolphin family; its black-and-white pattern distinguishes it from the less specific 🐋 Whale and 🐳 Spouting whale.

Use it for orcas, killer whales, marine wildlife, whale watching, oceans, conservation, pods, or powerful nature. Context supplies the precise intention.

Other meanings

It can convey orcas, killer whales, marine wildlife, whale watching, oceans, conservation, pods, or powerful nature. The reading may be literal, descriptive, emotional, environmental, cultural, practical, musical, or figurative depending on the surrounding message.

Example Usage

We spotted an orca from the boat 🫍

The pod passed through the channel this morning 🫍

More details

Officially named orca. Its code point is U+1FACD. It was introduced in Emoji 17.0.

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Visual description

Platform artwork depicts orca as a streamlined black-and-white orca with a tall dorsal fin and pale eye patch.

An orca is the largest member of the dolphin family; its black-and-white pattern distinguishes it from the less specific 🐋 and 🐳. Colours, pose, orientation, line weight, shading, and fine details can vary between emoji vendors.

⚠️ Emoji appearance varies by platform.