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See also: Grayling
English
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Thymallus_thymallus2.jpg/220px-Thymallus_thymallus2.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Hipparchia_semele_MHNT_CUT_2013_3_30_Villegailhenc_female_dorsal.jpg/220px-Hipparchia_semele_MHNT_CUT_2013_3_30_Villegailhenc_female_dorsal.jpg)
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.
- Some butterflies of the genus Oeneis.
- 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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butterfly of the genus Oeneis
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References
[edit]grayling on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Grayling (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Thymallus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Hipparchia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Anagrams
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