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grampus
[gram-puhs]
noun
plural
grampusesa cetacean, Grampus griseus, of the dolphin family, widely distributed in northern seas.
any of various related cetaceans, as the killer whale, Orcinus (Orca ) orca.
a giant whip scorpion common to Florida.
grampus
/ ˈɡæə /
noun
a widely distributed slaty-grey dolphin, Grampus griseus, with a blunt snout
another name for killer whale
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of grampus1
Example Sentences
Other monikers are equally undignified: “snot otter,” “mud devil,” “grampus.”
It h a menacing or amorous puff, similar to the grampus.
A few years ago, an immense shoal of grampus were driven ashore at Antigua during a season of stormy weather, and by the oil they yielded, became a valuable prize.
“And how do you know a grampus does?” asked McBain, smiling.
On the 26th of December we saw several albicores, dolphins, and grampus, and shoals of flying fish; lat. at noon 22.
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