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grampus

gram·pus

uncommon archaic

noun

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2.

slaty-gray blunt-nosed dolphin common in northern seas

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Origin

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”).

Phrases

  • blow the grampus

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