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G griseus Grampus Gram"pus, n.; pl. Grampuses. [Probably corrupted
from It. gran pesce great fish, or Sp. gran pez, or Pg. gran
peixe, all fr. L. grandis piscis. See Grand, and Fish.
the animal.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) 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.]
H griseus Ichneumon Ich*neu"mon, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, lit., the tracker;
so called because it hunts out the eggs of the crocodile, fr.
? to track or hunt after, fr. ? track, footstep.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any carnivorous mammal of the genus
Herpestes, and family Viverrid[ae]. Numerous species
are found in Asia and Africa. The Egyptian species(H.
ichneumon), which ranges to Spain and Palestine, is noted
for destroying the eggs and young of the crocodile as well
as various snakes and lizards, and hence was considered
sacred by the ancient Egyptians. The common species of
India (H. griseus), known as the mongoose, has similar
habits and is often domesticated. It is noted for killing
the cobra.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Any hymenopterous insect of the family
Ichneumonid[ae], of which several thousand species are
known, belonging to numerous genera.
Note: The female deposits her eggs upon, or in, the bodies of
other insects, such as caterpillars, plant lice, etc.
The larva lives upon the internal tissues of the insect
in which it is parasitic, and finally kills it. Hence,
many of the species are beneficial to agriculture by
destroying noxious insects.
Ichneumon fly. See Ichneumon, 2.
Herpestes griseus Mongoose Mon"goose, Mongoos Mon"goos, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A species of ichneumon (Herpestes griseus), native of
India. Applied also to other allied species, as the African
banded mongoose (Crossarchus fasciatus). [Written also
mungoose, mungoos, mungous.]
L griseus Snapper Snap"per, n.
1. One who, or that which, snaps; as, a snapper up of
trifles; the snapper of a whip.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of large sparoid
food fishes of the genus Lutjanus, abundant on the
southern coasts of the United States and on both coasts of
tropical America.
Note: The red snapper (Lutjanus aya, or Blackfordi) and the
gray, or mangrove, snapper (L. griseus) are large and
abundant species. The name is loosely applied to
various other fishes, as the bluefish, the rosefish,
the red grouper, etc. See Rosefish.
3. (Zo["o]l.) A snapping turtle; as, the alligator snapper.
4. (Zo["o]l.) The green woodpecker, or yaffle.
5. (Zo["o]l.) A snap beetle.
Macrorhamphus griseus Dowitcher Dow"itch*er, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The red-breasted or gray snipe (Macrorhamphus griseus); --
called also brownback, and grayback.
