grayling

Freshwater fish (Thymallus thymallus) widespread in clean swift rivers of N Europe; length up to 50 cm/20 in; body silvery with longitudinal violet stripes; good food fish and popular with anglers. (Family: Thymallidae; sometimes placed in Salmonidae.)

Grayling may mean:

Fish:

grayling (species), Thymallus thymallus grayling (genus), generically, any fish of genus Thymallus

Places:

Grayling, Alaska Grayling, Michigan Grayling Township, Michigan

People:

Chris Grayling, British politician Anthony Grayling, British philosopher USS Grayling, a ship Grayling (butterfly), Hipparchia semele, common on heathlands in Britain

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