1. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas
   "A pod of grampuses surrounded the ice floe";
   - killer whale, killer, orca, sea wolf, Orcinus orca
    
2. Slaty-grey blunt-nosed dolphin common in northern seas
   "A pod of grampus dolphins played in the ship's wake";
   - Grampus griseus

Derived forms: grampuses

Type of: dolphin

Part of: genus Grampus, genus Orcinus, Orcinus

Encyclopedia: Grampus