Grampus

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A kind of tongs used in a bloomery.

II. Grampus ·noun 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.

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