grampus
Meanings
noun
- A killer whale (Orcinus orca).
- Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus), with a blunt nose.
- A hellbender salamander, Cryptobranchus alleganiensis.
- A giant whip scorpion (Mastigoproctus giganteus)
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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”).
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