1 grylli | Definition of grylli

gryllus

noun
gryl·​lus | \ ˈgrilÉ™s\

Definition of gryllus

1 capitalized : a genus (the type of the family Gryllidae) of crickets once construed as including all known crickets but now restricted to certain typical Old World forms — compare acheta
2 plural grylli\ -​iËŒlÄ«\ [ Latin ] : a comic combination of animals or of animal and human forms in Greco-Roman glyptic art especially in intaglios

History and Etymology for gryllus

New Latin, from Latin, cricket, grasshopper, a kind of comic figure, from Greek gryllos Egyptian dance, performer of an Egyptian dance, comic figure, caricature

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