GRAMPUS


Meaning of GRAMPUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈgram-pəs ]

noun

Etymology: alteration of Middle English graspey, grapay, from Anglo-French graspeis, from gras fat (from 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 United States

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.