Definition of GRAMPUS

grampus

Meanings

Plural: grampuses

Noun

  • predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas
  • slaty-grey blunt-nosed dolphin common in northern seas
  • The killer whale, Orcinus orca.
  • Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus, with a blunt nose.
  • The hellbender salamander, Cryptobranchus alleganiensis.
  • giant whip scorpion (Mastigoproctus giganteus)

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English *grampas, grappays, grapas, graspeys, from Anglo-Norman grampais, Old French graspois, craspois (“whale, (salted) whale meat; blubber; seal”), from Medieval Latin craspicis (literally “fat fish”), from Latin crassus (“fat”) + piscis (“fish”).

Synonyms

Grampus griseus, killer, killer whale, orca, Orcinus orca, sea wolf

Scrabble Score: 12

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Words With Friends Score: 16

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