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Grampus

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Noun

1. grampus, killer, killer whale, orca, orcinus orca, sea wolf

predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas

2. grampus, grampus griseus

slaty-grey blunt-nosed dolphin common in northern seas

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Grampus

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noun plural -puses
1. 
a widely distributed slaty-grey dolphin, Grampus griseus, with a blunt snout
2.  another name for killer whale

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Grampus

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nounWord forms: plural ˈgrampuses
1. 
a playful, black-and-white dolphin (Grampus griseus)
2. 
killer whale

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Grampus

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n.
1. See Risso's dolphin.
2. Any of various dolphins or other toothed whales, such as the orca.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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