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==Etymology==
 
==Etymology==
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The word "grampus" may have had its origins with the Latin ''crassus piscis'', meaning "fat fish"<ref>https://www.dictionary.com/browse/grampus</ref>.  This in turn led to the Old French word ''graspois'', and hence to Middle French ''graundepose''<ref>https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/grampus</ref> (the French ''pois'' is based on the Latin ''pisce'', i.e. "fish"), both words meaning "grand fish".  The name has also historically been used for the [[pilot whale]] (''Globicephala melas'') and the [[orca]] (''Orcinus orca'')<ref>https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grampus</ref>.  Its other common name honors Antoine Risso (1777-1845), a Niçard naturalist who provided the first description of the animal to Western science.
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The word "grampus" may have had its origins with the Latin ''crassus piscis'', meaning "fat fish"<ref>https://www.dictionary.com/browse/grampus</ref>.  This in turn led to the Old French word ''graspois'', and hence to Middle French ''graundepose''<ref>https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/grampus</ref> (the French ''pois'' is based on the Latin ''pisce'', i.e. "fish"), both words meaning "grand fish".  The name has also historically been used for the [[pilot whale]] (''Globicephala melas'') and the [[orca]] (''Orcinus orca'')<ref>https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grampus</ref>.  Its other common name honors Antoine Risso (1777–1845), a Niçard naturalist who provided the first description of the animal to Western science.
    
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