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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GRAM'PUS, n. A fish of the cetaceous order, and genus Delphinus. This fish grows to the length of twenty five feet, and is remarkably thick in proportion to its length. The nose is flat and turns up at the end. It has 30 teeth in each jaw. The spout-hole is on the top of the neck. The color of the back is black; the belly is of a snowy whiteness; and on each shoulder is a large white spot. This fist is remarkably voracious.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas [syn: killer whale, killer, orca, grampus, sea wolf, Orcinus orca]
2: slaty-grey blunt-nosed dolphin common in northern seas [syn: grampus, Grampus griseus]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: alteration of Middle English graspey, grapay, from Anglo-French graspeis, from gras fat (from Latin crassus) + peis fish, from Latin piscis — more at crass, fish Date: circa 1529 1. a dolphin (Grampus griseus) of temperate and tropical seas; also any of various small cetaceans 2. the giant whip scorpion (Mastigoproctus giganteus) of the southern United States

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. grampuses) 1 a dolphin, Grampus griseus, with a blunt snout and long pointed black flippers. 2 a person breathing heavily and loudly. Etymology: earlier graundepose, grapeys f. OF grapois etc. f. med.L craspiscis f. L crassus piscis fat fish

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.]