Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for grampus. Search instead for grampu.
Definitions

grampus

[gram-puhs] / ˈgræm pəs /




Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

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

Huxley classes among cetacea the dolphins, porpoises, grampus and narwhal.

From Friction, Lubrication and the Lubricants in Horology by William T. Lewis

He dashed along beside the wall of the building—and after him lunged Regan, grunting like a grampus, a threat in every grunt.

From The Night Operator by Frank L. (Frank Lucius) Packard

Pods of females and immature animals, however, may be confused with false killer whales or with grampus.

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

Several grampuses were seen at the anchorage, also many dugongs and turtles.

From Discoveries in Australia, Volume 2 Discoveries in Australia; with an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in The Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners Of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits To the Islands in the Arafura Sea by John Lort Stokes

Fifty white whales surrounded their monarch, and a host of dolphins, grampuses, and porpoises brought up the rear.

From Tales of the Chesapeake by George Alfred Townsend

Before they are out of sight I see them creeping on, and often blowing like grampuses with the unusual exertion they have made.

From The Three Admirals by J.R. Wells


Vocabulary lists containing grampus

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

Get a word

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Just like flashcards, but way more fun

Don't take our word for it. Leave the boring studying behind and join VocabTrainer today. You'll learn even faster and never look back.

Take me to Vocabulary.com