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kit ((2)) 2 
n. the killer whale, as characterized on the totem poles of West Coast Indians.
- 1958 Now every time that Nan-wa-kaw-i struck the big cedar box, painted with signs and used as a base-drum, the great Thunder-bird, carved life-like at the end of his stick, would energetically flap both wings, while the "kit" or killer whale, faithfully shaped true to nature, resting below on the same stick, would straighten out full length, vigorously stretching itself and blowing out fire.
- 1958 Now every time that Nan-wa-kaw-i struck the big cedar box, painted with signs and used as a base-drum, the great Thunder-bird, carved life-like at the end of his stick, would energetically flap both wings, while the "kit" or killer whale, faithfully shaped true to nature, resting below on the same stick, would straighten out full length, vigorously stretching itself and blowing out fire.