grubby has definitions from the field of zoology
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[ adjective ] thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot

Examples

"a miner's begrimed face" "dingy linen" "grimy hands" "grubby little fingers" "a grungy kitchen"

Related terms

dirty

2
[ noun ] (zoology) small sculpin of the coast of New England

Related terms

sculpin Myxocephalus

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