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grayling
[ grey-ling ]
noun
- any freshwater fish of the genus Thymallus, related to the trouts but having a longer and higher, brilliantly colored dorsal fin.
- any of several grayish or brownish satyr butterflies.
grayling
/ ˈɡreɪlɪŋ /
noun
- any freshwater salmonoid food fish of the genus Thymallus and family Thymallidae, of the N hemisphere, having a long spiny dorsal fin, a silvery back, and greyish-green sides
- any butterfly of the satyrid genus Hipparchia and related genera, esp H. semele of Europe, having grey or greyish-brown wings
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A few seconds later he landed a delicately spotted, gamy fish about eight inches long, which he recognized as a grayling.
The grayling could sometimes be caught quite plentifully from the rafts or from the sandy curve on the other side of the bluff.
The grayling is the deadest-hearted and the foolishest-headed fish that swims.
On my first day I had spent several hours in the vain effort to catch something better than small grayling.
Now answer me with candour—you know Grayling—honest Ned Grayling?
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