grampus (redirected from grampuses)

gram·pus  (grmps)

n.

1. A cetacean (Grampus griseus) related to and resembling the dolphins but lacking a beaklike snout.

2. Any of various similar cetaceans, such as the killer whale.

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[Alteration (perhaps influenced by grand) of Middle English graspeis, from Old French craspois, graspeis, from Medieval Latin crassus piscis, craspiscis : Latin crassus, fat + Latin piscis, fish.]

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grampus [ˈgræmpəs]

n pl -puses

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a widely distributed slaty-grey dolphin, Grampus griseus, with a blunt snout

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for killer whale

[from Old French graspois, from gras fat (from Latin crassus) + pois fish (from Latin piscis)]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	grampus - predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas killer whale, orca, Orcinus orca, sea wolf, killer dolphin - any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoises genus Orcinus, Orcinus - killer whales
	2.	grampus - slaty-grey blunt-nosed dolphin common in northern seas Grampus griseus dolphin - any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoises genus Grampus - grampus

Translations

grampus [ˈgræmpəs] N (grampuses (pl)) → orca f

grampus

n → Rundkopf- or Rissosdelfin m → or -delphin m, → Grampus m (spec); to puff/snort like a grampus (inf) → wie eine Lokomotive schnaufen (inf)