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
From a distance they may resemble the Atlantic bottlenosed dolphins, though grampus have taller dorsal fins, blunted beakless heads, and lighter coloration.
From Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic A Guide to Their Identification by Caldwell, David
Just what they wanted help for now that the grampus was gone, was a question quite beside the situation.
From The Corner House Girls on Palm Island by Gooch, Thelma
Hull, blowing like a grampus, had swam up to them.
From House of Torment A Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of Mr. John Commendone, Gentleman to King Phillip II of Spain at the English Court by Gull, Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger
Panting like grampuses, mopping their red faces, Sir Colin & posse then went back to their pews.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I say, can't you throw lighter over there? we ain't fishing for grampuses," shouted Tom across the stream.
From Tom Brown's School Day's by Hughes, Thomas
He saw the black fins of the grampuses cutting the water, and thought that they were sharks.
From Love's Pilgrimage by Sinclair, Upton
"I suppose it is only some other pleasant adjunct of the charming spot you would select for a villa," said Grenfell; "perhaps the seals or the grampuses are musical."
From Luttrell Of Arran Complete by Lever, Charles James
“Why, it’s only a shoal of grampuses following each other in single file, that we’ve mistaken for one creature!”
From The Giant of the North Pokings Round the Pole by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
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