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Grayling

name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    A small city in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States.
  3. 3
    A city, the county seat of Crawford County, Michigan, United States.
  4. 4
    A charter township in Crawford County, Michigan, which surrounds the city.
Noun
  1. 1
    Any freshwater fish of the genus Thymallus or specifically Thymallus thymallus, of the salmon family, having a large dorsal fin.

    "“This morning,” he said, “We will fish, Turner. We will cast for trout so that we may catch grayling.”"

  2. 2
    Other similar fish; Thymallus arcticus (Arctic grayling)
  3. 3
    Other similar fish; Salmo salar (Atlantic salmon)
  4. 4
    Other similar fish; Prototroctes spp. (Retropinnidae); Prototroctes maraena (Australian grayling)
  5. 5
    Other similar fish; Prototroctes spp. (Retropinnidae); Prototroctes oxyrhynchus (New Zealand grayling)
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  1. 6
    Any of species Hipparchia semele, of the family Nymphalidae of butterflies.
  2. 7
    Other butterflies of genus Hipparchia.
  3. 8
    Some butterflies of the genus Oeneis.
  4. 9
    A common wood-nymph, a nymphalid butterfly (Cercyonis pegala).

Etymology

From Middle English greylyng, equivalent to gray + -ling.

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