grampus

plural grampuses

1. archaicA killer whale (Orcinus orca).

   Blowing like a grampus from every orifice, I leaned on a passing wave which dumped me[.]

   1980, Ian Chappell, Chappelli has the last laugh, page 39

   3 more examples

   Some time after this we saw some very large fish, which I afterwards found were called grampusses.

   1789, Olaudah Equiano, chapter 3, in The Interesting Narrative, volume I

   The Governor will blow like an old grampus, I know he will,—well, we must stop till he gets his wind again.

   1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 19, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC

   ‘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.’

   1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 20, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC

2. Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus), with a blunt nose.

   ‘[T]hey reckoned he was as active as ever, playing with a grampus he’d caught.’

   1961, Tom Mead, Killers of Eden, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 3

3. A hellbender salamander, Cryptobranchus alleganiensis.
4. A giant whip scorpion (Mastigoproctus giganteus)