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Grayling   /grˈeɪlɪŋ/   Listen
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Grayling  n.  
1.
(Zool.) A European fish (Thymallus vulgaris), allied to the trout, but having a very broad dorsal fin; called also umber. It inhabits cold mountain streams, and is valued as a game fish. "And here and there a lusty trout, And here and there a grayling."
2.
(Zool.) 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.






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"Grayling" Quotes from Famous Books



... glorious, cloudless, midsummer day he was down by the river-side, sitting on a rock, with his shoes and stockings off, paddling his feet in the clear tepid water, and watching the million fish in the shallows—black fish and grayling—leaping and ...
— Stories of Childhood • Various



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