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grampus

[gram-puhs] / ˈgræm pəs /




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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

A few years ago, an immense shoal of grampus were driven ashore at Antigua during a season of stormy weather, and by the oil they yielded, became a valuable prize.

From Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day by Anonymous

“He’s got the nicest white hair and a gold-headed cane——” 246 “Not the grampus, Dot,” groaned Tess, in despair.

From The Corner House Girls on Palm Island by Thelma Gooch

"And churn, Ben!" nodded Mr. Dalroyd, his delicate nostrils quivering in his sleepy smile, "You churn till you sweat, churn till you blow like any grampus, I understand."

From Our Admirable Betty A Romance by Jeffery Farnol

Panting like grampuses, mopping their red faces, Sir Colin & posse then went back to their pews.

From Time Magazine Archive

All around us whales and grampuses were gambolling and spouting in vast numbers.

From A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder by James De Mille

The last syllable was no sooner out of my mouth, than tea, coffee, and chocolate was out of theirs, all spirting different ways, just like so many young grampuses.

From Frank Mildmay Or, The Naval Officer by Frederick Marryat

In the porpoises, grampuses, &c., they are united into a single crescentic opening.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Sir Edward Belcher

The last family of existing cetaceans is the above-mentioned Delphinidae, which includes the true dolphins, porpoises, grampuses and their relatives.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various




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