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
“And how do you know a grampus does?” asked McBain, smiling.
From The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure by Gordon Stables
The sea was full of white whales, narwhals, and grampus.
From The Romance of Polar Exploration Interesting Descriptions of Arctic and Antarctic Adventure from the Earliest Time to the Voyage of the ?Discovery? by G. Firth Scott
"Then we ought to have Miss Di Tempest, if we have Hemsworth," said Sir Henry, blowing like a grampus, as his manner was in moments of inspiration.
From Diana Tempest, Volume II (of 3) by Mary Cholmondeley
Panting like grampuses, mopping their red faces, Sir Colin & posse then went back to their pews.
From Time Magazine Archive
What's that among a tribe o' such grampuses?
From Diana by Susan Warner
A drove of them are parading the vacant main street; stopping now and then to lay their ponderous muzzles against the closed shutters of a grain-dealer's shops and to blow thereon like grampuses.
From Life's Handicap by Rudyard Kipling
"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 Charles James Lever
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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