grayling

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English

Thymallus thymallus
Hipparchia semele

Etymology

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

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Noun

grayling (plural grayling or graylings)

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

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