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grayling

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Any freshwater fish of the genus Thymallus or specifically Thymallus thymallus, of the salmon family, having a large dorsal fin.
  2. A surname.
  3. Other similar fish
  4. Thymallus arcticus (Arctic grayling)
  5. A small city in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States.
  6. Salmo salar (Atlantic salmon)
  7. A city, the county seat of Crawford County, Michigan, United States.
  8. Prototroctes spp. (Retropinnidae)
  9. Prototroctes maraena (Australian grayling)
  10. A charter township in Crawford County, Michigan, which surrounds the city.
  11. Prototroctes oxyrhynchus (New Zealand grayling)
  12. Any of species Hipparchia semele, of the family Nymphalidae of butterflies.
  13. Other butterflies of genus Hipparchia.
  14. Some butterflies of the genus Oeneis.
  15. A common wood-nymph, a nymphalid butterfly (Cercyonis pegala).

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Examples

““This morning,” he said, “We will fish, Turner. We will cast for trout so that we may catch grayling.””

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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