grison
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- noun
- /ˈɡrɪsən/
- US
- When visiting the zoo, I saw a grison that had a striking greyish-white back.
Examples
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The grison is known for its agility as it hunts small animals in the forest.
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In the wild, a grison can be seen foraging for food among the underbrush.
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What urges him to emulate the grison, the fox, the goat, the blood-drinking nightswift?
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
A small meat-eating mammal like a weasel with a grey back and dark belly from Central and South America
A meat-eating animal like a large weasel with a grey back and dark belly from Central and South America
A group of small mammals like weasels that eat meat and live in Central and South America
A group of small mammals like weasels from Central and South America
Compounds
- Specialized
A small meat-eating mammal like a weasel with a grey back and dark belly from Central and South America
Surface Forms
Etymology
Grison comes from the French word gris, meaning 'grey', and originally meant 'the grey one', so the name points to the animal's greyish back and helps you remember this weasel-like hunter.