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grawl

grawl noun: a young salmon; grilse.

Noun

grawl (plural grawls)

  1. (Ireland, Scotland) A young salmon; grilse

Forms of grawl

pluralgrawls
alternative formgraul
alternative formgrall
alternative Scotlandgraulse

Origin of grawl

Back-formation from grawls, a variant of graulse, mistaken as a plural. Ultimately, graulse is a variant of English grilse.

Questions about grawl

What does grawl mean?
Grawl means a young salmon; grilse.
What part of speech is grawl?
Grawl is a noun.
What is the plural of grawl?
The plural of grawl is grawls.

Words near grawl in the dictionary

  1. gravyless
  2. gravylike
  3. Grawe
  4. Grawes
  5. Grawin Opal Fields
  6. grawl
  7. grawlix
  8. grawlixes
  9. grawls
  10. grax
  11. gray

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