genus Grison

genus Grison
noun
a genus of Mustelidae
Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus
Member Holonyms: ↑Mustelidae, ↑family Mustelidae
Member Meronyms: ↑grison, ↑Grison vittatus, ↑Galictis vittatus

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