grayling
nounEtymology From Middle English greylyng, equivalent to gray + -ling.
9 senses
- 1Any freshwater fish of the genus Thymallus or…
- 2Thymallus arcticus (Arctic grayling)
- 3Salmo salar (Atlantic salmon)
- 4Prototroctes maraena (Australian grayling)
- 5Prototroctes oxyrhynchus (New Zealand grayling)
- 6Any of species Hipparchia semele, of the family…
- 7Other butterflies of genus Hipparchia.
- 8Some butterflies of the genus Oeneis.
- 9A common wood-nymph, a nymphalid butterfly (Cercyonis pegala).
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.”1922, Michael Arlen, “3/19/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days:
› Other similar fish
2
Thymallus arcticus (Arctic grayling)
3
Salmo salar (Atlantic salmon)
› Other similar fish › Prototroctes spp. (Retropinnidae)
4
Prototroctes maraena (Australian grayling)
5
Prototroctes oxyrhynchus (New Zealand grayling)
6
Any of species Hipparchia semele, of the family Nymphalidae of butterflies.
7
Other butterflies of genus Hipparchia.
8
Some butterflies of the genus Oeneis.
9
A common wood-nymph, a nymphalid butterfly (Cercyonis pegala).
- Derived terms
- rock grayling