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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Grampus \Gram"pus\, n.; pl {Grampuses}. [Probably corrupted from It gran pesce great fish, or Sp gran pez, or Pg gran peixe, all fr L. grandis piscis. See {Grand}, and {Fish}. the animal.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) A toothed delphinoid cetacean, of the genus {Grampus}, esp. {G. griseus} of Europe and America, which is valued for its oil. It grows to be fifteen to twenty feet long; its color is gray with white streaks. Called also {cowfish}. The California grampus is {G. Stearnsii}. 2. A kind of tongs used in a bloomery. [U.S.]
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