grison
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English
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Galictis.jpg/220px-Galictis.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]From Old French gris (“gray”) + -on (diminutive suffix). Doublet of Grisons.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]grison (plural grisons)
- A small, carnivorous South American mammal, of the genus Galictis, somewhat resembling a weasel.
Hyponyms
[edit]Translations
[edit]weasel like mammal (Galictis)
Further reading
[edit]grison on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Galictis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Galictis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]grison m (plural grisons)
- grey-haired man
- (dated, colloquial) ass, donkey
Adjective
[edit]grison (feminine grisonne, masculine plural grisons, feminine plural grisonnes)
Further reading
[edit]- “grison”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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