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grayling en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

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

Meanings

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. Other similar fish ▸ Thymallus arcticus (Arctic grayling)
3. Other similar fish ▸ Salmo salar (Atlantic salmon)
4. Other similar fish ▸ Prototroctes spp. (Retropinnidae) ▸ Prototroctes maraena (Australian grayling)
5. Other similar fish ▸ Prototroctes spp. (Retropinnidae) ▸ 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).

Forms

Deriveds

rock grayling

Synonyms

arctic grayling

Translations (63)

pl lipień pospolity (Thymallus thymallus) · et harjus (Thymallus thymallus) · nl heivlinder (Hipparchia semele) · cs lipan (Thymallus arcticus) · tt бәрде (Thymallus thymallus) · pl lipień arktyczny (Thymallus arcticus) · hu barna szemeslepke (Hipparchia semele) · sh ли̏пљан (Thymallus thymallus) · fr ombre (Thymallus thymallus) · fi harjus (Thymallus thymallus) · fi hietaheinäperhonen (Hipparchia semele) · sv harr (Thymallus thymallus) · sh lipa (Thymallus thymallus) · fi pohjanharjus (Thymallus arcticus) · pl lipień syberyjski (Thymallus arcticus) · pl skalnik semele (Hipparchia semele) · ga donnóg aille (Hipparchia semele) · ru ха́риус (Thymallus thymallus) · cs lipan (Thymallus thymallus) · nn harr (Thymallus thymallus) · pt timalo (Thymallus thymallus) · fi kylmänperhonen (butterfly of the genus Oeneis) · cjs қоора (Thymallus thymallus) · es tímalo (Thymallus thymallus) · lt kiršlys (Thymallus thymallus) · sh lȉpljan (Thymallus thymallus) · lv alata (Thymallus thymallus) · de Europäische Äsche (Thymallus thymallus) · et ärn (Thymallus thymallus) · el θύμαλλος (Thymallus thymallus) · tyv кадыргы (Thymallus thymallus) · hu pér (Thymallus thymallus) · tr gölge balığı (Thymallus thymallus) · uk харіус (Thymallus thymallus) · udm вӧсьчорыг (Thymallus thymallus) · tfn chʼdatʼan (Thymallus arcticus) · sh липа (Thymallus thymallus) · cy gweirlöyn llwyd (Hipparchia semele) · pl lipień (Thymallus thymallus) · aht sdeʼ tʼaeni (Thymallus arcticus) · ro lipan (Thymallus thymallus) · cy cangen las (Thymallus thymallus) · cv кӳтеме (Thymallus thymallus) · hu suhany (Hipparchia semele) · bg липа́н (Thymallus thymallus) · ba бәрҙе (Thymallus thymallus) · sh lìpan (Thymallus thymallus) · sh лѝпан (Thymallus thymallus) · pl lipień europejski (Thymallus thymallus) · cs okáč metlicový (Hipparchia semele) · tfn ts'at'ana (Thymallus arcticus) · ca faune lleonat (Hipparchia semele) · udm кыны (Thymallus thymallus) · pl lipień amerykański (Thymallus arcticus) · de Ockerbindiger Samtfalter (Hipparchia semele) · kpv ком (Thymallus thymallus) · de Äsche (Thymallus thymallus) · nb harr (Thymallus thymallus) · pl mszarnik (butterfly of the genus Oeneis) · mhr котама (Thymallus thymallus) · ko 사루기 (Thymallus thymallus) · fr agreste (Hipparchia semele) · bg кафявопетнист сатир (Hipparchia semele)