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Definition of Genus grampus
1. Noun. Grampus.
Group relationships: Delphinidae, Family Delphinidae
Member holonyms: Grampus, Grampus Griseus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Grampus
Literary usage of Genus grampus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...by George Edwin Rines, Frederick Converse Beach by George Edwin Rines, Frederick Converse Beach (1912)
"The genus Grampus is without teeth in the upper jaw, and the genus Monodon without
teeth in the lower jaw. The blowhole is single and crescentic in form. ..."
2. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Chambers, W. and R., publ (1876)
"... and P. gladiator, although a new genus, Grampus, has also been proposed for
it It is the largest of the ..."
3. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"... and P. gladiator, although a new genus, Grampus, has also been proposed for
it It is the largest of the ..."