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单词 grampus
释义

grampus

noun

gram·​pus ˈgram-pəs How to pronounce grampus (audio)
1
a
: risso's dolphin
b
: any of various other small cetaceans (such as the killer whale or pilot whale)
2
: the giant whip scorpion (Mastigoproctus giganteus) of the southern U.S.

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The killer whales are called aaxlu, tukxukuak, agliuk, mesungesak, polossatik, skana, keet, feared one, grampus, blackfish, orca, big-fin, fat-chopper. Whale killer. Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Nov. 2019

Word History

Etymology

alteration of Middle English graspey, grapay, from Anglo-French graspeis, from gras fat (from Latin crassus) + peis fish, from Latin piscis — more at crass, fish

First Known Use

circa 1529, in the meaning defined at sense 1b

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