grayling
See also: Grayling
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English greylyng, equivalent to gray + -ling.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -eɪlɪŋ
Noun edit
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[1]:
- “This morning,” he said, “We will fish, Turner. We will cast for trout so that we may catch grayling.”
- Other similar fish
- Any of species Hipparchia semele, of the family Nymphalidae of butterflies.
- Other butterflies of genus Hipparchia.
- A common wood-nymph, a nymphalid butterfly (Cercyonis pegala).
Translations edit
Thymallus thymallus
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Thymallus arcticus
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Hipparchia semele
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References edit
- grayling on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Grayling (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Thymallus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Hipparchia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies