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gray⋅ling

[grey-ling]
–noun
1. any freshwater fish of the genus Thymallus, related to the trouts but having a longer and higher, brilliantly colored dorsal fin.
2. any of several grayish or brownish satyr butterflies.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME; see gray 1 , -ling 1
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gray·ling   (grā'lĭng)   
n.   pl. grayling or gray·lings
Any of several freshwater food and game fishes of the genus Thymallus of the Northern Hemisphere, having a small mouth and large dorsal fin.
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