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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}. 2. A kind of tongs used in a bloomery. [U.S.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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}]
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