grampus
noun
a cetacean, Grampus griseus, of the dolphin family, widely distributed in northern seas.
grampuses
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pluralof grampus.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Panting like grampuses, mopping their red faces, Sir Colin & posse then went back to their pews.
From Time Magazine Archive
Fifty white whales surrounded their monarch, and a host of dolphins, grampuses, and porpoises brought up the rear.
From Tales of the Chesapeake by George Alfred Townsend
Listen to me, darlint, and don't mind them stupid grampuses.
From The World of Ice by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
And it is sure that if God wills, the grampuses will eat him.
From The Children of the King by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford
“Don’t you remember, you mistook those grampuses we came across the other day when going to Seaview for whales?”
From Bob Strong's Holidays Adrift in the Channel by John B. Greene
