See also: wavewashing

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Etymology edit

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

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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.