n.
Pronunciation: ' gram-p ə s
Function: noun
Etymology: alteration of Middle English graspey, grapay, from Anglo-French graspeis, from gras fat (fr. Latin crassus ) + peis fish, from Latin piscis ― more at CRASS , FISH
Date: circa 1529
1 : a dolphin ( Grampus griseus ) of temperate and tropical seas also : any of various small cetaceans
2 : the giant whip scorpion ( Mastigoproctus giganteus ) of the southern U.S.