'Grampus' definitions:
Definition of 'grampus'
From: WordNet
noun
Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas [syn: killer whale, killer, orca, grampus, sea wolf, Orcinus orca]
noun
Slaty-grey blunt-nosed dolphin common in northern seas [syn: grampus, Grampus griseus]
Definition of 'Grampus'
From: GCIDE
- 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. (Zool.) 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.] Granade