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grayling

name · noun · 13 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

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name

Meaning 2

A small city in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States.

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Meaning 3

A city, the county seat of Crawford County, Michigan, United States.

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name

Meaning 4

A charter township in Crawford County, Michigan, which surrounds the city.

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noun

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Any freshwater fish of the genus Thymallus or specifically Thymallus thymallus, of the salmon family, having a large dorsal fin.

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noun

Meaning 6

Other similar fish

Thymallus arcticus (Arctic grayling)

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Meaning 7

Other similar fish

Salmo salar (Atlantic salmon)

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Meaning 8

Other similar fish

Prototroctes spp. (Retropinnidae)

Prototroctes maraena (Australian grayling)

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Meaning 9

Other similar fish

Prototroctes spp. (Retropinnidae)

Prototroctes oxyrhynchus (New Zealand grayling)

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noun

Meaning 10

Any of species Hipparchia semele, of the family Nymphalidae of butterflies.

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Meaning 11

Other butterflies of genus Hipparchia.

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noun

Meaning 12

Some butterflies of the genus Oeneis.

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noun

Meaning 13

A common wood-nymph, a nymphalid butterfly (Cercyonis pegala).

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History

Etymology

From Middle English greylyng, equivalent to gray + -ling.

Across languages

Translations

60 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bashkir: бәрҙе (bərźe) — Thymallus thymallus
  • Bulgarian: липа́н (lipán) — Thymallus thymallus
  • Chuvash: кӳтеме (küt̬eme) — Thymallus thymallus
  • Czech: lipan — Thymallus thymallus
  • Estonian: harjus — Thymallus thymallus
  • Estonian: ärn — Thymallus thymallus
  • Finnish: harjus — Thymallus thymallus
  • French: ombre — Thymallus thymallus
  • German: Äsche — Thymallus thymallus
  • German: Europäische Äsche — Thymallus thymallus
  • Greek: θύμαλλος (thýmallos) — Thymallus thymallus
  • Hungarian: pér — Thymallus thymallus
  • Komi-Zyrian: ком (kom) — Thymallus thymallus
  • Korean: 사루기 (sarugi) — Thymallus thymallus
  • Latvian: alata — Thymallus thymallus
  • Lithuanian: kiršlys — Thymallus thymallus
  • Eastern Mari: котама (kotama) — Thymallus thymallus
  • Norwegian Bokmål: harr — Thymallus thymallus
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: harr — Thymallus thymallus
  • Polish: lipień — Thymallus thymallus
  • Polish: lipień pospolity — Thymallus thymallus
  • Polish: lipień europejski — Thymallus thymallus
  • Portuguese: timalo — Thymallus thymallus
  • Romanian: lipan — Thymallus thymallus
  • Russian: ха́риус (xárius) — Thymallus thymallus
  • Serbo-Croatian: ли̏пљан — Thymallus thymallus
  • Serbo-Croatian: лѝпан — Thymallus thymallus
  • Serbo-Croatian: липа — Thymallus thymallus
  • Serbo-Croatian: lȉpljan — Thymallus thymallus
  • Serbo-Croatian: lìpan — Thymallus thymallus
  • Serbo-Croatian: lipa — Thymallus thymallus
  • Shor: қоора — Thymallus thymallus
  • Spanish: tímalo — Thymallus thymallus
  • Swedish: harr — Thymallus thymallus
  • Tatar: бәрде (bärde) — Thymallus thymallus
  • Turkish: gölge balığı — Thymallus thymallus
  • Tuvan: кадыргы (kadırgı) — Thymallus thymallus
  • Udmurt: кыны (kyny) — Thymallus thymallus
  • Udmurt: вӧсьчорыг (vöśćoryg) — Thymallus thymallus
  • Ukrainian: харіус (xarius) — Thymallus thymallus
  • Welsh: cangen las — Thymallus thymallus
  • Czech: lipan — Thymallus arcticus
  • Finnish: pohjanharjus — Thymallus arcticus
  • Polish: lipień arktyczny — Thymallus arcticus
  • Polish: lipień syberyjski — Thymallus arcticus
  • Polish: lipień amerykański — Thymallus arcticus
  • Bulgarian: кафявопетнист сатир (kafjavopetnist satir) — Hipparchia semele
  • Catalan: faune lleonat — Hipparchia semele
  • Czech: okáč metlicový — Hipparchia semele
  • Dutch: heivlinder — Hipparchia semele
  • Finnish: hietaheinäperhonen — Hipparchia semele
  • French: agreste — Hipparchia semele
  • German: Ockerbindiger Samtfalter — Hipparchia semele
  • Hungarian: barna szemeslepke — Hipparchia semele
  • Hungarian: suhany — Hipparchia semele
  • Irish: donnóg aille — Hipparchia semele
  • Polish: skalnik semele — Hipparchia semele
  • Welsh: gweirlöyn llwyd — Hipparchia semele
  • Finnish: kylmänperhonen — butterfly of the genus Oeneis
  • Polish: mszarnik — butterfly of the genus Oeneis
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