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gramps

English

Pronunciation

Noun

gramps (plural gramps)

  1. (colloquial, humorous) Grandpa, grandfather.
  2. (by extension) Old man.

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grampus

English

Etymology

From Middle English *grampas, grappays, grapas, graspeys, from Anglo-Norman grampais, Old French graspois, craspois (whale, (salted) whale meat; blubber; seal), from Medieval Latin craspicis (literally fat fish), from Latin crassus (fat) + piscis (fish).

Noun

grampus (plural grampuses)

  1. The killer whale, Orcinus orca.
    • 1789, Olaudah Equiano, The Interesting Narrative, vol. I, ch. 3:
      Some time after this we saw some very large fish, which I afterwards found were called grampusses.
  2. Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus, with a blunt nose.
  3. The hellbender salamander, Cryptobranchus alleganiensis.
  4. giant whip scorpion (Mastigoproctus giganteus)

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References

  • Killer whale on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Risso's dolphin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Hellbender on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Orcinus orca on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
  • Grampus griseus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

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