grayling

noun

• 1an edible freshwater fish of Eurasia and North America that is silvery-gray with horizontal violet stripes and has a long, high dorsal fin.

  • Genus Thymallus, family Salmonidae: several species

• 2a mainly brown European butterfly that has wings with bright eyespots and grayish undersides.

  • Hipparchia semele, subfamily Satyrinae, family Nymphalidae