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grampuses

grampuses is the plural of grampus.

Meaning of grampus

Noun

grampus (plural grampuses)

  1. (archaic) A killer whale (Orcinus orca).
    • Some time after this we saw some very large fish, which I afterwards found were called grampusses.1789, Olaudah Equiano, chapter 3, in The Interesting Narrative, volume I
  2. Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus), with a blunt nose.
  3. A hellbender salamander, Cryptobranchus alleganiensis.
  4. A giant whip scorpion (Mastigoproctus giganteus)

Questions about grampuses

What is grampuses the plural of?
Grampuses is the plural of grampus.

Words near grampuses in the dictionary

  1. Grampound
  2. Grampound Road
  3. gramps
  4. grampus
  5. Grampus griseus endogenous virus
  6. grampuses
  7. grampy
  8. gramrel
  9. gramrels
  10. grams
  11. Gramscian

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