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GRISON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does grison mean?
• GRISON (noun)
The noun GRISON has 1 sense:
1. carnivore of Central America and South America resembling a weasel with a greyish-white back and dark underparts
Familiarity information: GRISON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Carnivore of Central America and South America resembling a weasel with a greyish-white back and dark underparts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Galictis vittatus; grison; Grison vittatus
Hypernyms ("grison" is a kind of...):
mustelid; musteline; musteline mammal (fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals)
Holonyms ("grison" is a member of...):
genus Grison (a genus of Mustelidae)
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