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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 gram·pus /ˈgræmpəs/
 逆戟鯨;一種大海豚

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Gram·pus n.; pl. Grampuses
 1. Zool. A toothed delphinoid cetacean, of the genus Grampus, esp. G. griseus of Europe and America, which is valued for its oil. It grows to be fifteen to twenty feet long; its color is gray with white streaks. Called also cowfish. The California grampus is G. Stearnsii.
 2. A kind of tongs used in a bloomery. [U.S.]
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 grampus
      n 1: predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal
           fin; common in cold seas [syn: killer whale, killer,
            orca, sea wolf, Orcinus orca]
      2: slaty-gray blunt-nosed dolphin common in northern seas [syn:
          Grampus griseus]