grilses

Variant of grilse

grilse definition

grilse (grils)

noun pl. grilse or grilses grils′es

a young salmon on its first return from the sea to fresh water

Etymology: ME grills, prob. metathesis of OFr gisle, dim. < gris, gray: see grisaille

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