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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Qualifier: marine biology
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Antonyms: none provided
History
From wave + washing (“move or erode by the force of water”).
