different between hellbender vs grampus

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

hell +? bender, possibly from hell-bent.

Noun

hellbender (plural hellbenders)

1. A giant salamander (genus Cryptobranchus) of North America that inhabits large, swiftly flowing streams with rocky bottoms.
2. A reckless, headstrong person.

Synonyms

• (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis): grampus, menopome, hellbender salamander, spotted water gecko

Translations

See also

• hellbent
• highbinder

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)

Translations

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