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 grampus is an inhabitant of northern seas, occurring on the shores of Greenland, and having been caught, although rarely, as far south as the Mediterranean.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various
From a distance grampus are most easily confused with Atlantic bottlenosed dolphins.
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
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
We saw several flying-fish and a good many birds, apparently hovering over a shoal of whales or grampuses.
From A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months by Annie Brassey
What's that among a tribe o' such grampuses?
From Diana by Susan Warner
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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