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grampus.

A killer whale (Orcinus orca).

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. A killer whale (Orcinus orca).

    archaic

  2. Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus), with a blunt nose.

  3. A hellbender salamander, Cryptobranchus alleganiensis.

  4. A giant whip scorpion (Mastigoproctus giganteus)

Where this word comes from

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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