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G griseus
Grampus Gram"pus, n.; pl. Grampuses. [Probably corrupted from It. gran pesce great fish, or Sp. gran pez, or Pg. gran peixe, all fr. L. grandis piscis. See Grand, and Fish. the animal.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) A toothed delphinoid cetacean, of the genus Grampus, esp. G. griseus of Europe and America, which is valued for its oil. It grows to be fifteen to twenty feet long; its color is gray with white streaks. Called also cowfish. The California grampus is G. Stearnsii. 2. A kind of tongs used in a bloomery. [U.S.]
H griseus
Ichneumon Ich*neu"mon, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, lit., the tracker; so called because it hunts out the eggs of the crocodile, fr. ? to track or hunt after, fr. ? track, footstep.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) Any carnivorous mammal of the genus Herpestes, and family Viverrid[ae]. Numerous species are found in Asia and Africa. The Egyptian species(H. ichneumon), which ranges to Spain and Palestine, is noted for destroying the eggs and young of the crocodile as well as various snakes and lizards, and hence was considered sacred by the ancient Egyptians. The common species of India (H. griseus), known as the mongoose, has similar habits and is often domesticated. It is noted for killing the cobra. 2. (Zo["o]l.) Any hymenopterous insect of the family Ichneumonid[ae], of which several thousand species are known, belonging to numerous genera. Note: The female deposits her eggs upon, or in, the bodies of other insects, such as caterpillars, plant lice, etc. The larva lives upon the internal tissues of the insect in which it is parasitic, and finally kills it. Hence, many of the species are beneficial to agriculture by destroying noxious insects. Ichneumon fly. See Ichneumon, 2.
Herpestes griseus
Mongoose Mon"goose, Mongoos Mon"goos, n. (Zo["o]l.) A species of ichneumon (Herpestes griseus), native of India. Applied also to other allied species, as the African banded mongoose (Crossarchus fasciatus). [Written also mungoose, mungoos, mungous.]
L griseus
Snapper Snap"per, n. 1. One who, or that which, snaps; as, a snapper up of trifles; the snapper of a whip. 2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of large sparoid food fishes of the genus Lutjanus, abundant on the southern coasts of the United States and on both coasts of tropical America. Note: The red snapper (Lutjanus aya, or Blackfordi) and the gray, or mangrove, snapper (L. griseus) are large and abundant species. The name is loosely applied to various other fishes, as the bluefish, the rosefish, the red grouper, etc. See Rosefish. 3. (Zo["o]l.) A snapping turtle; as, the alligator snapper. 4. (Zo["o]l.) The green woodpecker, or yaffle. 5. (Zo["o]l.) A snap beetle.
Macrorhamphus griseus
Dowitcher Dow"itch*er, n. (Zo["o]l.) The red-breasted or gray snipe (Macrorhamphus griseus); -- called also brownback, and grayback.

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- Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus) is a marine mammal and dolphin, the only species of the genus Grampus. Some of the most closely related species to these...
- The Chinese hamster (Cricetulus griseus or Cricetulus barabensis griseus) is a rodent in the genus Cricetulus of the subfamily Cricetidae that originated...
- strains of S. griseus. Recently, the whole genome sequence of one of its strains had been completed. The taxonomic history of S. griseus and its phylogenetically...
- the banner-tail. There are three geographical subspecies: Sciurus griseus griseus (central Washington to the western Sierra Nevada in central California);...
- related to Hexanchus griseus at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Hexanchus griseus at Wikispecies Sharks portal "Hexanchus griseus". Integrated Taxonomic...
- The desert monitor (Var**** griseus) is a species of monitor lizard of the order Squamata found living throughout North Africa and Central and South Asia...
- The common potoo, or poor-me-ones (Nyctibius griseus), or urutau is one of seven species of birds within the genus Nyctibius. It is notable for its large...
- (Vireo griseus) at Clarks River National Wildlife Refuge White-e**** vireo Vireo griseus bermudi**** in Bermuda White-e**** vireo (Vireo griseus bermudi****)...
- The Malabar gray hornbill (Ocyceros griseus) is a hornbill endemic to the Western Ghats and ****ociated hills of southern India. They have a large beak...
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Lutj**** griseus". FishBase. February 2021 version. "Lutj**** griseus (Mangrove Snapper or Grey Snapper)" (PDF). The...