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GRAYLING
Etymology
Noun
grayling (plural grayling or graylings)
Any freshwater fish of the genus Thymallus or specifically Thymallus thymallus, of the salmon family, having a large dorsal fin.
Other similar fish
Thymallus arcticus (Arctic grayling)
Salmo salar (Atlantic salmon)
Prototroctes spp. (Retropinnidae)
Prototroctes maraena (Australian grayling)
Prototroctes oxyrhynchus (New Zealand grayling)
A species of butterfly, Hipparchia semele, of the family Nymphalidae.
Other butterflies of genus Hipparchia.
Cercyonis pegala (common wood-nymph)
Anagrams
• ragingly
Proper noun
Grayling
A surname.
A small city in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States.
A city, the county seat of Crawford County, Michigan, United States.
Anagrams
• ragingly
Source: Wiktionary
Gray"ling, n. Etym: [From Gray, a.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Definition: 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. Tennyson.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BACKFIRE
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”
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