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 Lewis, William T.

"Then we ought to have Miss Di Tempest, if we have Hemsworth," said Sir Henry, blowing like a grampus, as his manner was in moments of inspiration.

From Diana Tempest, Volume II (of 3) by Cholmondeley, Mary

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