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Carnivore of Central and South America resembling a weasel with a grayish-white back and dark underparts
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grison
Word definitions for grison in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A small, South American carnivorous mammal, of the genus (taxlink Galictis genus noshow=1), somewhat resembling a weasel.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Grison \Gri"son\, n. [F., fr. grison gray, gray-haired, gris gray. See Gris .] (Zo["o]l.) A South American animal of the family Mustelidae ( Galictis vittata ). It is about two feet long, exclusive of the tail. Its under parts are black. Also called South ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. carnivore of Central America and South America resembling a weasel with a grayish-white back and dark underparts [syn: Grison vittatus , Galictis vittatus ]
Usage examples of grison.
One of the company at an early period of the supper, before he had begun to get mellow, had condemned the Venetian Republic for banishing the Grisons, but on his intellect being enlightened by Bacchus he made his apologies.
Towards the end of the same year I learnt at Paris that the wretched man had taken refuge at Coire, the capital of the Grisons, where he asked to be made a member of the Calvinistic Church, and to be recognized as lawful husband of the woman with him.