grampus

1. 1.

   predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas

   Synonymskiller whalekillerorcasea wolfOrcinus orca

   Broaderdolphin

   Part ofOrcinus
2. 2.

   slaty-grey blunt-nosed dolphin common in northern seas

   SynonymsGrampus griseus

   Broaderdolphin

   Part ofgenus Grampus

Other forms of grampus

plural

grampuses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about grampus

What does grampus mean?

grampus means "predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in grampus?

grampus has 2 syllables: gram-pus. The stress falls on "gram".

What is another word for grampus?

Close synonyms include killer whale, killer, orca, sea wolf, Orcinus orca. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is grampus a common word?

grampus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.