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Definition of grampus

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noun

  1. A killer whale (Orcinus orca).
    “Some time after this we saw some very large fish, which I afterwards found were called grampusses.”
    “The Governor will blow like an old grampus, I know he will,—well, we must stop till he gets his wind again.”
    “‘No. I only opened the door a foot and put my head in. The street lamps shine into that room. I could see him. He was all right. Sleeping like a great grampus. Poor, poor chap.’”
    “Blowing like a grampus from every orifice, I leaned on a passing wave which dumped me[.]”
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noun

  1. A killer whale (Orcinus orca).
    “Some time after this we saw some very large fish, which I afterwards found were called grampusses.”
    “The Governor will blow like an old grampus, I know he will,—well, we must stop till he gets his wind again.”
    “‘No. I only opened the door a foot and put my head in. The street lamps shine into that room. I could see him. He was all right. Sleeping like a great grampus. Poor, poor chap.’”
    “Blowing like a grampus from every orifice, I leaned on a passing wave which dumped me[.]”
  2. Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus), with a blunt nose.
  3. A hellbender salamander, Cryptobranchus alleganiensis.
  4. A giant whip scorpion (Mastigoproctus giganteus)

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Etymology

From Middle English *grampas, grappays, grapas, graspeys, from Anglo-Norman grampais, Old French graspois, craspois (“whale, (salted) whale meat; blubber; seal”), from Medieval Latin craspicis (literally “fat fish”), from Latin crassus (“fat”) + piscis (“fish”).

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