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Definition of Grampus

1. Noun. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas.

2. Noun. Slaty-grey blunt-nosed dolphin common in northern seas.

Definition of Grampus

1. n. A toothed delphinoid cetacean, of the genus Grampus, esp. G. griseus of Europe and America, which is valued for its oil. It grows to be fifteen to twenty feet long; its color is gray with white streaks. Called also cowfish. The California grampus is G. Stearnsii.

Definition of Grampus

1. Noun. The killer whale or orca ¹

2. Noun. A type of gray dolphin-like creature, ''Grampus griseus'', with a blunt nose ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Grampus

1. a marine mammal [n -ES]

Medical Definition of Grampus

1. 1. A toothed delphinoid cetacean, of the genus Grampus, especially. G. Griseus of Europe and America, which is valued for its oil. It grows to be fifteen to twenty feet long; its colour is gray with white streaks. Called also cowfish. The California grampus is G. Stearnsii. 2. A kind of tongs used in a bloomery. Origin: Probably corrupted from It. Gran pesce great fish, or Sp. Gran pez, or Pg. Gran peixe, all fr. L. Grandis piscis. See Grand, and Fish. The animal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Grampus

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Literary usage of Grampus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Cyclopædia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1874)
"The color it black above, suddenly changing to white on the sides and beneath; a large white patch behind and above the eyes. It is occasionally grampus ..."

2. Natural History of New York by New York (State). Natural History Survey, James Ellsworth De Kay (1842)
"The grampus, Finner or Black-fish Whale, under which different names it is ... The grampus is doubtless a voracious animal, living upon various large fish ..."

3. Peter Parley's Annual. by William Martin (1864)
"HE grampus was not a ship of war. There was a grampus in the navy, an old gun-brig ... Our old grampus was a brig too, and a very slow old coach, ..."

4. The English Illustrated Magazine (1905)
"Not that Simpson lacked social equality with the grampus family. ... By day he me. old grampus upon terms of equality. Old grampus liked him, ..."

5. Catalogue of Seals and Whales in the British Museum by John Edward Gray (1871)
"grampus, Gray, lc pp. 230, 295, 393; Synops. Whales $ Dolph. p. ... Beak of skull narrow, more contracted for two-thirds of its 1. grampus ..."

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