wave washing

See also: wavewashing

English

Alternative forms

• wavewashing

Etymology

From wave +‎ washing (“move or erode by the force of water”).

Noun

wave washing (uncountable)

1. (marine biology) A form of hunting used by some pods of orcas to drive a prey animal (such as a seal) seeking refuge on a sheet of ice into the water, in which members of the pod swim together at high speed towards the sheet to create a powerful wave that breaks it up.