plural grayling also graylings
: any of several freshwater salmonoid fishes (genus Thymallus) valued as food and sport fishes
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To fill the lakes, stocks of rainbow trout, golden trout, brown, brook and cutthroat trout, along with Atlantic salmon and grayling were brought in.
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Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 16 Nov. 2024
Catch a River Monster The Egg River drains out the southern end of the lake and is famed for its fish, including grayling, lenok trout, and the legendary taimen, a giant salmonid that’s the top prize for most anglers coming to Mongolia.
—Chris Tharp, Travel + Leisure, 18 Aug. 2024
Rich was wolfing down his meal of fried grayling and rice.
—Tom Hinman, Outdoor Life, 8 May 2024
How to catch them: Arctic grayling, common in Alaska and northern Canada, are hard to find in Idaho.
—Jordan Rodriguez, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
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Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 16 Nov. 2024
Catch a River Monster The Egg River drains out the southern end of the lake and is famed for its fish, including grayling, lenok trout, and the legendary taimen, a giant salmonid that’s the top prize for most anglers coming to Mongolia.
—Chris Tharp, Travel + Leisure, 18 Aug. 2024
Rich was wolfing down his meal of fried grayling and rice.
—Tom Hinman, Outdoor Life, 8 May 2024
How to catch them: Arctic grayling, common in Alaska and northern Canada, are hard to find in Idaho.
—Jordan Rodriguez, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
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grayling
noun
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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