grison

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 and divides as gri-son under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

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.