grampus

noun

gram·​pus ˈgram-pəs 

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.

Examples of grampus in a Sentence

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