grampus

See also: Grampus

English

Orcinus orca

Cryptobranchus alleganiensis

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”).

Noun

grampus (plural grampuses)

The killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 20, in The China Governess‎:
  ‘No. I only opened the door a foot and put my head in. The street lamps shine into that room. I could see him. He was all right. Sleeping like a great grampus. Poor, poor chap.’
Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus, with a blunt nose.
The hellbender salamander, Cryptobranchus alleganiensis.

Translations

killer whale — see orca

Grampus griseus

Dutch: grijze dolfijn m, gramper m

hellbender salamander — see hellbender

Further reading

Killer whale on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Risso's dolphin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Hellbender on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Orcinus orca on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Grampus griseus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

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