gryllus
noun
gryl·lus
ˈgriləs
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
-iˌlī
[Latin]
: a comic combination of animals or of animal and human forms in Greco-Roman glyptic art especially in intaglios
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