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

Thresh′el, a flail; Thresh′er, the fox-shark; Thresh′er-whale, the grampus.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

"Ah!" cries the boy, "was never seen A fish like that which broke my rod, Such weight, such breadth of scaly sheen, A sucking whale he might have been, A grampus or Newfoundland cod."

From A Century of Emblems by Cautley, G. S.

The chivalrous Mr. Pottle heaved up from his pillow like an irate grampus from the depths of a tank.

From The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales by Connell, Richard