Crossword clues for grison
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 American glutton.
A South American monkey ( Lagothrix infumatus), said to be gluttonous.
Wiktionary
n. A small, South American carnivorous mammal, of the genus (taxlink Galictis genus noshow=1), somewhat resembling a weasel.
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.