GRAYLING


Meaning of GRAYLING in English

■ noun

1》 an edible silvery-grey freshwater fish with horizontal violet stripes and a long high dorsal fin. [Genus Thymallus : several species.]

2》 a mainly brown butterfly having wings with bright eyespots and greyish undersides. [ Hipparchia semele .]

Origin

ME: from gray (var. of grey ) + -ling .

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