gryde

t. [GRIDE.] *gryf-on, s. [GRIFFIN.] Ornith.: Ste at ornis car i pens is , a goatsucker from South America, which feeds, however, not on flying insects, but on hard fruits, a very rare characteristic of a nocturnal bird. It is valued for its fat, to obtain which the Indians slaughter it in the cavern of Guacharo once a year. ( Humboldt .)