Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several freshwater salmonid fishes of the genus Thymallus of northern North America and Eurasia, having a small mouth and a large dorsal fin and valued as a food and game fish.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fish of the family Salmonidæ and genus Thymallus.
- noun The dace.
- noun A common European butterfly, Hipparchia semele: so called from the gray under side of the wings.
- noun In Australia, Prototroctes muræna, of the family Hoplochitonidæ, a fish which remotely resembles the English grayling. Also called cucumber-fish, cucumber-mullet, fresh-water herring, and Yarra herring.
- noun An American agapetid butterfly, Cercyonis alope, which occurs in several well-marked varieties. See below.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A European fish (
Thymallus vulgaris ), allied to the trout, but having a very broad dorsal fin; -- called alsoumber . It inhabits cold mountain streams, and is valued as a game fish. - noun (Zoöl.) An American fish of the genus Thymallus, having similar habits to the above; one species (
T. Ontariensis ), inhabits several streams in Michigan; another (T. montanus ), is found in the Yellowstone region.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any
freshwater fish of the genusThymallus or specificallyThymallus thymallus , of thesalmon family, having a large dorsal fin. - noun A species of
butterfly , Hipparchia semele, of the familyNymphalidae .
Etymologies
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Examples
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In Montana today, the grayling is a “high profile” species in fisheries programs.
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In Montana today, the grayling is a “high profile” species in fisheries programs.
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In Montana today, the grayling is a “high profile” species in fisheries programs.
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In Montana today, the grayling is a “high profile” species in fisheries programs.
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But the chief glory of the grayling is the large iridescent fin on his back.
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Charles Cotton, the ingenious young friend of Walton, was all wrong in calling the grayling "one of the deadest-hearted fishes in the world."
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The first occasion on which I ever saw and caught one of the beautiful fish herein described as grayling was on a day many months previous to our former party camping on Scarr's Creek.
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The grayling is the deadest-hearted and the foolishest-headed fish that swims.
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"The grayling is a unique part of the natural heritage of Montana," said Leah Elwell, conservation coordinator for the Federation of Fly Fishers.
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Although Scarr's creek was full of "grayling" they were too small for salting; but were delicious eating when fried.
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