plural grayling also graylings
: any of several freshwater salmonoid fishes (genus Thymallus) valued as food and sport fishes
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In northwestern Alaska where Carey studies Dolly Varden and Arctic grayling, almost all the beaver dams he’s seen are on small side channels.
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Sharon Levy, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Dec. 2022
The species in the Stark, a mile-long river that separates the lodge from Łutsël K’é, is Arctic grayling, a gorgeous salmonid much smaller than lake trout and an absolute blast to catch.
—David Treuer, Travel + Leisure, 25 Feb. 2023
The fish that are stocked aerially are most commonly rainbow trout, cutthroat trout, brook trout, tiger trout, splake and Arctic grayling, and they’re put into usually fishless lakes that don’t have natural reproduction or are inaccessible by vehicles.
—Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 July 2021
The northernmost state is home to larger-than-average Arctic grayling and rainbow trout, plus plenty of Pacific salmon.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 26 Jan. 2023
Sharon Levy, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Dec. 2022
The species in the Stark, a mile-long river that separates the lodge from Łutsël K’é, is Arctic grayling, a gorgeous salmonid much smaller than lake trout and an absolute blast to catch.
—David Treuer, Travel + Leisure, 25 Feb. 2023
The fish that are stocked aerially are most commonly rainbow trout, cutthroat trout, brook trout, tiger trout, splake and Arctic grayling, and they’re put into usually fishless lakes that don’t have natural reproduction or are inaccessible by vehicles.
—Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 July 2021
The northernmost state is home to larger-than-average Arctic grayling and rainbow trout, plus plenty of Pacific salmon.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 26 Jan. 2023
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15th century, in the meaning defined above
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gray·ling
ˈgrā-liŋ 
plural grayling also graylings
: any of several freshwater fishes related to the trouts and salmons and valued for food and sport
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