| − | 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. | + | 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. |