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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: grampus
grampus
n 1: predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal
fin; common in cold seas [syn:
killer whale,
killer,
orca,
sea wolf,
Orcinus orca]
2: slaty-gray blunt-nosed dolphin common in northern seas [syn:
Grampus griseus]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Grampuses
Grampus
\Gram"pus\, n.; pl.
Grampuses. [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.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) 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.
[1913 Webster]
2. A kind of tongs used in a bloomery. [U.S.]
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