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grayling Definition

gray·ling (grāliŋ)

noun pl. -·ling or -·lings

  1. any of a genus (Thymallus) of arctic, freshwater game trout with a long dorsal fin
  2. any of various large wood nymph butterflies

Etymology: gray + -ling: from the color

grayling Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • catch: Here's hid guide to catching grayling on dry flies.
  • take: The virus was also detected in a sample of grayling taken from the River Nidd, below the outlet of the infected farm.
  • produce: It produces grayling up to 50cm which is a fair old grayling in anyone's language.
  • include: During the summer many butterfly species can be seen across these areas include grayling and white admiral.
  • locate: Any advice on techniques or locating grayling would be greatly appreciated.

Adjective modifier

  • big: For big grayling, there are few better places than the Frome below Dorchester, where fish of well over two pounds are common.
  • few: At the end of his note, he very casually mentioned that in the course of the day he'd taken a few grayling.
  • first: I'm certain that after catching your first grayling, you'll be hooked and will definitely agree with me.
  • more: Two more grayling of the same size quickly followed, but I have never taken a grayling from the Lew since that spring day.
  • good: Perhaps you are planning to stroll down to the bend where you caught your best grayling last season.
  • small: At the time of my visit there were 12 tanks of very small grayling, grown from eggs collected in March.

Preposition: on

fly: Here's hid guide to catching grayling on dry flies.

Modifies a noun

  • fishing: The grayling fishing is excellent with fish up to 3lb with a good number in the 2lb class.
  • butterfly: The additional grassland might also boost the last colony of the grayling butterfly in Kent, found close by.
  • fly: In most of Europe you will hear that grayling flies must be smaller.
  • water: I live on the Swedish West Coast and it is far to the more famous trout and grayling waters of central and northern Sweden.
  • enthusiast: The Grayling Society In 1977, the Grayling Society was formed by a group of grayling and grayling fishing enthusiasts.
  • sample: Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia update - virus detected in grayling sample.

Preposition: in

river: My own biggest humiliation was with some grayling in a river in southern Austria.

Noun used with modifier

specimen: Specimen grayling exceeding 4lbs have been recorded in the past.

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