grayback

noun

1

: a Confederate soldier

2

: any of various animals: such as

a

: gray whale

b

: knot entry 3

c

: dowitcher

d

: scaup duck

e

: body louse

f

: lake herring

3

dialectal

a

: a very large wave

b

: a large boulder

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