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

But a grampus is a cetacean, and that is the family to which whales belong.

From The Corner House Girls on Palm Island by Gooch, Thelma

The grampus stood on its tail in the water, with the greater upper part of its body exposed, and sighed again as though its heart were broken.

From The Corner House Girls on Palm Island by Gooch, Thelma

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

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