Crossword clues for grampus
grampus
The Collaborative International Dictionary
orc \orc\ ([^o]rk), n. [L. orca, a kind of whale: cf. F. orque.]
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(Zo["o]l.) Any of several cetaceans, especialy the grampus ( Grampus griseus) of the dolphin family. [Written also ork and orch.]
--Milton.An island salt and bare, The haunt of seals, and orcs, and sea-mews' clang.
--Milton (Par. Lost xi. 835). -
(Mythology) A mythical monster of varying descriptions; an ogre.
Goblins, hobgoblins, and orcs of the worst description.
--J. J. Tolkien (The Hobbit) The orca.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1590s, earlier graundepose (1520s), altered (by influence of grand) from Middle English graspeys (late 13c.), from Anglo-French grampais, from Old French graspois, craspois "whale, (salted) whale meat; blubber; seal," from Medieval Latin craspicis, literally "fat fish," from Latin crassus "thick" + piscis "fish." For specifics of usage in English, see OED.
Wiktionary
n. The killer whale, (taxlink Orsinus orca species noshow=1).
WordNet
n. predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas [syn: killer whale, killer, orca, sea wolf, Orcinus orca]
slaty-gray blunt-nosed dolphin common in northern seas [syn: Grampus griseus]
Wikipedia
Grampus may refer to:
- A common name historically used for the orca
- Grampus (genus), the genus that includes Risso's dolphin as its only species
- CSS Grampus, a Confederate States of America river steamer
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, the name of a number of Royal Navy ships and submarines
- USFC Grampus, a fisheries research ship of the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries and later the United States Bureau of Fisheries, commissioned in 1886
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, the name of a number of ships of the United States Navy
- the Grampus class submarines, built in the style of HMS Grampus
- Grampus (TUGS) a character from the children's series TUGS
- Nagoya Grampus, a Japanese soccer club
- A versatile attack, reconnaissance and research sub used by the Blue Fleet in the anime series Blue Submarine No. 6
- Another name for the hellbender salamander
- Another name for a hellgrammite, the dobsonfly larva
- Another name for Mastigoproctus giganteus, a species of whipscorpion
- The code name for a British Railways engineering department 4 wheeled wagon
Usage examples of "grampus".
When in the canoe, the marmoset played with Grampus, as the dog was named.
Martin was lying on his back, as was his wont in such easy circumstances, amusing himself with Marmoset, and Barney was reclining in the bow, talking solemnly to Grampus, when suddenly the wind ceased and it became dead calm.
They embarked once more in their old canoe with their goods and chattels, not forgetting Marmoset and Grampus, whose friendship during their inactive life had become more close than ever.
This friendship was evidenced chiefly by the matter-of-course way in which Grampus permitted the monkey to mount his back and ride about the village and through the woods, where dry places could be found, as long as she pleased.
Marmoset was fonder of riding than walking so that Grampus had enough to do but he did not put himself much about.
Well, if he was all of a suddent to turn into Marmoset an' swaller himself, an' then jump down the throat of Grampus, and the whole consarn, canoe and all, to disappear, I don't think that I would be much surprised.
Just as they were departing, Marmoset, observing that she was about to be left behind, uttered a frantic cry, which brought Grampus gambolling to her side.
The only one of the party likely to be left behind was Grampus, whom his master, after much entreaty in dumb-show, was permitted to carry over by tying him firmly to his shoulders.
Heavens, Jack, you were a welcome sight, you and poor old Grampus, heaving up out of the murk.
It had printed out -- ORC: ANY OF SEVERAL LARGE FISH-LIKE MAMMALS OF EARTH, ESPECIALLY GRAMPUS GRISEUS.
He had often heard their songs himself, for in summer schools of grampuses migrated far upriver.
But I sometimes wonder if the Preservers brought creatures like the grampuses to the world simply because of the joy they strike in the hearts of men.
Twice that afternoon Stephen was called on deck, once to see a troop of grampuses, and once to be shown a startling change in the sea, which from a turbid, undistinguished glaucous hue had become clear, glass clear, and of that aquamarine colour which had come back to his mind when he spoke of Leopard's iceberg: the rest of the time he spent in the cabin, speaking Malay with Ahmed or listening to him read from Fox's text.