Definition of Grivets

1. Noun. (plural of grivet) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Grivets

1. grivet [n] - See also: grivet

Lexicographical Neighbors of Grivets

gritstones
gritted
gritter
gritters
grittest
grittier
grittiest
grittily
grittiness
grittinesses
gritting
gritty
grivation
grivations
grivet
grivets (current term)
grivna
grivnas
grize
grizelin
grizes
grizzle
grizzled
grizzled skipper
grizzled skippers
grizzler
grizzlers
grizzles
grizzlier
grizzlies

Literary usage of Grivets

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Illustrated Natural History by John George Wood (1865)
"The grivets and Vervets are frequent visitors to our land ; and being extremely inquisitive in character, as well as active in body, play strange pranks in ..."

2. Portuguese East Africa: The History, Scenery, & Great Game of Manica and Sofala by Reginald Charles Fulke Maugham (1906)
"The remaining monkeys belong to the small grey species of grivets, the great anthropoid apes of the Congo and West Africa being entirely unrepresented. ..."

3. Wild Game in Zambezia by Reginald Charles Fulke Maugham (1914)
"Throughout Zambezia grivets are very common, and their skins may frequently be seen in the possession of the natives. They do a good deal of damage, ..."

4. Wood's Animal Kingdom: Illustrated by John George Wood (1870)
"The grivets and Vervets are frequent visitors to our land ; and being extremely inquisitive in character, as well as active in body, play strange pranks in ..."

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