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gryllos

gryllos noun: a caricatural creature found in ancient and medieval art, typically featuring a human head with mostly bizarre, animal anatomy.

gryllos: a caricatural creature found in ancient and medieval art, typically featuring a human head with...
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Noun

gryllos (plural grylloi)

  1. (historical) A caricatural creature found in ancient and medieval art, typically featuring a human head with mostly bizarre, animal anatomy.

Forms of gryllos

pluralgrylloi
alternative formgryllus

Origin of gryllos

From Ancient Greek γρύλλος (grúllos, “comic figure, caricature”).

Questions about gryllos

What does gryllos mean?
Gryllos means a caricatural creature found in ancient and medieval art, typically featuring a human head with mostly bizarre, animal anatomy.
What part of speech is gryllos?
Gryllos is a noun.
What is the plural of gryllos?
The plural of gryllos is grylloi.

Words near gryllos in the dictionary

  1. grylloblattid
  2. grylloblattids
  3. grylloblattodean
  4. grylloblattodeans
  5. grylloi
  6. gryllos
  7. gryllotalpid
  8. gryllotalpids
  9. Grylls
  10. gryllus
  11. Gryme

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