grampus

[ gram-puhs ]

/ ˈgræm pəs /

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noun, plural gram·pus·es.

a cetacean, Grampus griseus, of the dolphin family, widely distributed in northern seas.

any of various related cetaceans, as the killer whale, Orcinus (Orca) orca.

a giant whip scorpion common to Florida.

Origin of grampus

1520–30; earlier grampoys, variant (by assimilation) of graundepose great fish, equivalent to graundegrand + pose, poys<Middle French pois, peis<Latin pisce- (stem of piscis) fish; replacing Middle English gra(s)peis<Middle French ≪ Latin crassus piscis fat fish

Words nearby grampus

Grampian Mountains, Grampian Region, Grampians, Gram-positive, gramps, grampus, Gram-Schmidt orthogonalization, Gramsci, Gram's method, Gram's solution, Gram's stain

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Example sentences from the Web for grampus

Tom had not heard of such a place, so Grampus told him all about it, and a great deal more besides.
Hurricane Hurry|W.H.G. Kingston
Jan held on and breathed through his nose, snorting like a grampus.
The God of His Fathers|Jack London
There is one species in particular which is more dangerous than any other—the grampus, or, as he calls it, ardluk.
Eskimo Life|Fridtjof Nansen
The followers of Grampus took it up with an ardour and industry of research worthy of their exemplar.
Impressions of Theophrastus Such|George Eliot

He did cultivate Mr. Grampus, and did it so well that after a season the two would even lunch together.
The Wolf's Long Howl|Stanley Waterloo

British Dictionary definitions for grampus

grampus

/ (ˈɡræmpəs) /

noun plural -puses

a widely distributed slaty-grey dolphin, Grampus griseus, with a blunt snout

another name for killer whale

Word Origin for grampus

C16: from Old French graspois, from gras fat (from Latin crassus) + pois fish (from Latin piscis)

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释义	grampus [ gram-puhs ] / ˈgræm pəs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR grampus ON THESAURUS.COM noun, plural gram·pus·es. a cetacean, Grampus griseus, of the dolphin family, widely distributed in northern seas. any of various related cetaceans, as the killer whale, Orcinus (Orca) orca. a giant whip scorpion common to Florida. Origin of grampus 1520–30; earlier grampoys, variant (by assimilation) of graundepose great fish, equivalent to graundegrand + pose, poys<Middle French pois, peis<Latin pisce- (stem of piscis) fish; replacing Middle English gra(s)peis<Middle French ≪ Latin crassus piscis fat fish Words nearby grampus Grampian Mountains, Grampian Region, Grampians, Gram-positive, gramps, grampus, Gram-Schmidt orthogonalization, Gramsci, Gram's method, Gram's solution, Gram's stain Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for grampus Tom had not heard of such a place, so Grampus told him all about it, and a great deal more besides. Hurricane Hurry\|W.H.G. Kingston Jan held on and breathed through his nose, snorting like a grampus. The God of His Fathers\|Jack London There is one species in particular which is more dangerous than any other—the grampus, or, as he calls it, ardluk. Eskimo Life\|Fridtjof Nansen The followers of Grampus took it up with an ardour and industry of research worthy of their exemplar. Impressions of Theophrastus Such\|George Eliot He did cultivate Mr. Grampus, and did it so well that after a season the two would even lunch together. The Wolf's Long Howl\|Stanley Waterloo British Dictionary definitions for grampus grampus / (ˈɡræmpəs) / noun plural -puses a widely distributed slaty-grey dolphin, Grampus griseus, with a blunt snout another name for killer whale Word Origin for grampus C16: from Old French graspois, from gras fat (from Latin crassus) + pois fish (from Latin piscis) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to grampus mammal, porpoise, whale, narwal, dolphin, beluga, orca, whopper, cetacean, baleen, finback, rorqual, cete, ceta, orc, sei
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grampus

noun, plural gram·pus·es.

Origin of grampus

Words nearby grampus

Example sentences from the Web for grampus

British Dictionary definitions for grampus

noun plural -puses

Word Origin for grampus

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