grampus

Example Sentences

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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

It was my first visit to Sydney since her marriage, and I enjoyed myself much, and threw off my cough, and could get up stairs without blowing like a grampus.

From Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II by Downey, Edmund

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 Packard, Frank L. (Frank Lucius)

The principal species are the dolphin, grampus, porpoise, and whale.

From Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom by Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold)