grampus
See also: Grampus
English
Orsinus orca
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”).
Noun
grampus (plural grampuses)
- The killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 20, in The China Governess:
- ‘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.’
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- Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus, with a blunt nose.
- The hellbender salamander, Cryptobranchus alleganiensis.
Translations
killer whale — see orca
Grampus griseus
hellbender salamander — see hellbender
Further reading
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