grayling
See also: Grayling
English
![](Images/wiktionary/Thymallus_thymallus2.jpg.webp)
Thymallus thymallus
![](Images/wiktionary/Hipparchia_semele_MHNT_CUT_2013_3_30_Villegailhenc_female_dorsal.jpg.webp)
Hipparchia semele
Etymology
From Middle English greylyng, equivalent to gray + -ling.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪlɪŋ
Noun
grayling (plural grayling or graylings)
- Any freshwater fish of the genus Thymallus or specifically Thymallus thymallus, of the salmon family, having a large dorsal fin.
- 1922, Michael Arlen, “3/19/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days:
- “This morning,” he said, “We will fish, Turner. We will cast for trout so that we may catch grayling.”
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- Other similar fish
- Thymallus arcticus (Arctic grayling)
- Salmo salar (Atlantic salmon)
- Prototroctes spp. (Retropinnidae)
- Prototroctes maraena (Australian grayling)
- Prototroctes oxyrhynchus (New Zealand grayling)
- A species of butterfly, Hipparchia semele, of the family Nymphalidae.
- Other butterflies of genus Hipparchia.
- Cercyonis pegala (common wood-nymph)
Translations
Thymallus thymallus
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Thymallus arcticus
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Hipparchia semele
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References
grayling on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Grayling (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Thymallus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Hipparchia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Anagrams
- ragingly