grison

1. 1.

   carnivore of Central America and South America resembling a weasel with a greyish-white back and dark underparts

   SynonymsGrison vittatusGalictis vittatus

   Broadermusteline mammal

   Part ofgenus Grison

Other forms of grison

plural

grisons·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about grison

What does grison mean?

grison means "carnivore of Central America and South America resembling a weasel with a greyish-white back and dark underparts".

How many syllables are in grison?

grison has 2 syllables: gri-son. The stress falls on "gri".

What is another word for grison?

Close synonyms include Grison vittatus, Galictis vittatus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is grison a common word?

grison is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.