grampus
Collocations
3ADJ.
great, old, poor
VERB + GRAMPUS
like
GRAMPUS + NOUN
chap
Definitions
noun
A killer whale (Orcinus orca).
Some time after this we saw some very large fish, which I afterwards found were called grampusses.
The Governor will blow like an old grampus, I know he will,—well, we must stop till he gets his wind again.
Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus), with a blunt nose.
A hellbender salamander, Cryptobranchus alleganiensis.
A giant whip scorpion (Mastigoproctus giganteus)
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fi
- killer
- orca
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
3Some time after this we saw some very large fish, which I afterwards found were called grampusses.
WiktionaryThe Governor will blow like an old grampus, I know he will,—well, we must stop till he gets his wind again.
Wiktionary‘No. I only opened the door a foot and put my head in. The street lamps shine into that room. I could see him. He was all right. Sleeping like a great grampus. Poor, poor chap.’
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