grison

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

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

From Old French gris (“gray”) + -on (diminutive suffix). Doublet of Grisons.

[8] The mountains of the Grisons. — The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus, Cornelius Tacitus
And besides, ‘tis for those whose affairs compel them to travel in the depth of winter through the Grisons country to be surprised upon the way with great inconveniences. — Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete, Michel de Montaigne
A bit of climbing ivy converts a hideous ruin into a bower, as the Alp roses and the Iva make a garden for one short month of the roughest rocks in the Grisons. — Paul Patoff, F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford

Grison vittatus, Galictis vittatus

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