grampuses

Variant of grampus

grampus definition

gram·pus (gram′pəs)

noun pl. grampuses -·puses

  1. a playful, black-and-white dolphin (Grampus griseus)
  2. killer whale

Etymology: earlier graundepose, altered (after grand) < ME grapays < OFr graspeis < L crassus piscis < crassus, fat (see crass) + piscis, fish

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