grampus

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He continues: “Water dog, grampus, grumpus, mollyhugger, horny head, devil dog.”

From Washington Times • Dec. 2, 2018

It h a menacing or amorous puff, similar to the grampus.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

"Ah!" cries the boy, "was never seen A fish like that which broke my rod, Such weight, such breadth of scaly sheen, A sucking whale he might have been, A grampus or Newfoundland cod."

From A Century of Emblems by Cautley, G. S.

But grampus have much lighter coloration, from slate gray to nearly all white, and larger animals are covered with numerous scratches.

From Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic A Guide to Their Identification by Caldwell, David

They could hear Mrs. Vand puffing and panting like a grampus, as she searched round and round.

From The Solitary Farm by Hume, Fergus