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grayling

grayling noun: any freshwater fish of the genus Thymallus or specifically Thymallus thymallus, of the salmon family, having a large dorsal fin.

grayling: any freshwater fish of the genus Thymallus or specifically Thymallus thymallus, of the salmon...
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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.
    • “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
  2. Thymallus arcticus (Arctic grayling)
    Synonyms:
    arctic grayling
  3. Salmo salar (Atlantic salmon)
  4. Prototroctes maraena (Australian grayling)
  5. Prototroctes oxyrhynchus (New Zealand grayling)
  6. Any member of the 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).

Proper noun capitalized: Grayling

Grayling

  1. A surname.
  2. A small city in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States.
  3. A city, the county seat of Crawford County, Michigan, United States.
  4. A charter township in Crawford County, Michigan, which surrounds the city.

grayling meaning in Tamil

grayling in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

Synonyms of grayling

Forms of grayling

pluralgrayling
pluralgraylings

Plural of grayling: grayling or graylings

Origin of grayling

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

Words formed from grayling

Phrases with grayling

Words that rhyme with grayling

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Questions about grayling

What does grayling mean?
Grayling means any freshwater fish of the genus Thymallus or specifically Thymallus thymallus, of the salmon family, having a large dorsal fin.
What is grayling in Tamil?
Grayling in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Grayling meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is grayling?
Grayling can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of grayling?
The plural of grayling is grayling.

Words near grayling in the dictionary

  1. graylags
  2. graylet
  3. graylevel
  4. graylevels
  5. grayline
  6. grayling
  7. graylings
  8. graylist
  9. graylisted
  10. graylisting
  11. graylists

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