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
Huxley classes among cetacea the dolphins, porpoises, grampus and narwhal.
From Friction, Lubrication and the Lubricants in Horology by William T. Lewis
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
Cruiskeen's breathing suggested a cross between a grampus and a gramophone; Philippa's hair had come down, and she had a stitch in her side.
From Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. by Martin Ross
Panting like grampuses, mopping their red faces, Sir Colin & posse then went back to their pews.
From Time Magazine Archive
Listen to me, darlint, and don't mind them stupid grampuses.
From The World of Ice by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
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
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