grayling

Meaning

Noun

• Any freshwater fish of the genus Thymallus or specifically Thymallus thymallus, of the salmon family, having a large dorsal fin.
• Other similar fish
• A species of butterfly, Hipparchia semele (species), of the family Nymphalidae.
• Other butterflies of genus Hipparchia.
• Cercyonis pegala (species) (common wood-nymph)

Origin

• From Middle English greylyng, equivalent to gray + -ling.