Grăm’pus, n.

n. [Probably corrupted from Fr. grand poisson, great fish. Cf. A.-S. hran, hranfisc. “There likewise we saw many grandpieces or herring-hogs hunting the scholes of herrings.” Josselyn, 1675.] (Ichth.) A fish of the genus Delphinus, having socketed, conical teeth, and breathing by a spout-hole on the top of the head, as whales do. There are several species, of which the largest (D. orca gladiator) grows to the length of twenty-five feet, and is a carnivorous species, even attacking the whale.

Grampus (Delphinus grampus).