grampus

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: gram=pus

CIDE DICTIONARY

grampus, n. [Probably corrupted from It. gran pesce great fish, or Sp. gran pez, or Pg. gran peixe, all fr. L. grandis piscis. See Grand, and Fish. the animal.].

•  A toothed delphinoid cetacean, of the genus Grampus, esp. G. griseus of Europe and America, which is valued for its oil. It grows to be fifteen to twenty feet long; its color is gray with white streaks. Called also cowfish. The California grampus is G. Stearnsii.  [1913 Webster]
•  A kind of tongs used in a bloomery.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

grampus, n. (pl. grampuses)
1 a dolphin, Grampus griseus, with a blunt snout and long pointed black flippers.
2 a person breathing heavily and loudly.

Etymology

earlier graundepose, grapeys f. OF grapois etc. f. med.L craspiscis f. L crassus piscis fat fish