Gryde (?), v. i. To gride. See Gride. Spenser.
Gryf"on (?), n. [Obs.] See Griffin. Spenser.
||Gryl"lus (?), n. [L., locust.] (Zoˆl.) A genus of insects including
||the common crickets.
Grype (?), v. t. To gripe. [Obs.] See Gripe. Spenser.
Grype, n. [Gr. gry`f, grypo`s, griffin. See Griffin.] (Zoˆl.) A
vulture; the griffin. [Written also gripe.] [Obs.]
||Gry*phÊ"a (?), n. [NL., fr. I gryphus, or qryps, gen. gryphis, a
||griffin.] (Zoˆl.) A genus of cretaceous fossil shells allied to the
||oyster.
Gryph"ite (?), n. [Cf. F. gryphite.] (Paleon.) A shell of the genus
Gryphea.
Gryph"on (?), n. (Zoˆl.) The griffin vulture.
||Grys"bok (?) n. [D. grijs gray + bok buck.] (Zoˆl.) A small South
||African antelope (Neotragus melanotis). It is speckled with gray and
||chestnut, above; the under parts are reddish fawn.
||Gua*cha"ro (?), n. [Cf. Sp. gu·charo sickly, dropsical, guacharaca a
||sort of bird.] (Zoˆl.) A nocturnal bird of South America and Trinidad
||(Steatornis Caripensis, or S. steatornis); -- called also oilbird.
It resembles the goatsuckers and nighthawks, but feeds on fruits, and
nests in caverns. A pure oil, used in place of butter, is extracted
from the young by the natives.
Gua"cho (?), n.; pl. Guachos (&?;) [Spanish American.] 1. One of the
mixed-blood (Spanish-Indian) inhabitants of the pampas of South
America; a mestizo.