释义 |
grayling /ˈɡreɪlɪŋ /noun1An edible freshwater fish which is silvery-grey with horizontal violet stripes and has a long high dorsal fin, of both Eurasia and North America.- Genus Thymallus, family Salmonidae: several species.
By carrying out the project we hope to attract fish, such as chub, dace, grayling and trout as well as other wildlife back to this particular stretch of river....- Most species of river fish will be surveyed including trout, grayling, dace, barbel, chub and pike.
- Like all salmonids the grayling has a small adipose fin behind the dorsal fin.
2A mainly brown European butterfly which has wings with bright eyespots and greyish undersides.- Hipparchia semele, subfamily Satyrinae, family Nymphalidae.
The grayling is a common heathland butterfly....- Has anyone come across the magnificent Banded Grayling Butterfly in this area in recent years?
- This Grayling Butterfly is sunning itself on the bark of a large Pine tree, if I had not seen it pitch it probably would have gone undetected.
Origin Middle English: from gray (variant of grey) + -ling. Rhymes failing, mailing, paling, railing, sailing, tailing, unavailing, veiling, wailing |