Grayling
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Fish
- Grayling (species)Grayling (species)The grayling is a species of freshwater fish in the salmon family of order Salmoniformes. It is the type species of its genus. Native to the Palearctic ecozone, the grayling is widespread throughout northern Europe, from the United Kingdom and France to the Ural Mountains in Russia...
, Thymallus thymallus - Grayling (genus)Grayling (genus)Thymallus is a genus of freshwater fish in the salmon family of order Salmoniformes; it is the only genus of subfamily Thymallinae. The type species is T. thymallus, the grayling. The genus's five distinct species are generically called graylings, but without qualification this also refers...
, generically, any fish of the genus Thymallus in the family Salmonidae - Australian graylingAustralian graylingThe Australian grayling is a primarily freshwater fish found in coastal rivers in Tasmania and south-eastern Australia. In past decades it has also been known as the “cucumber mullet” or “cucumber herring,” for its cucumber-like odor.-Description and Diet:The Australian grayling is a streamlined...
(Prototroctes maraena), a fish in the family Retropinnidae - New Zealand graylingNew Zealand graylingThe New Zealand grayling, Prototroctes oxyrhynchus, is an extinct smelt of the genus Prototroctes, which was found only in lowland rivers and streams of New Zealand. Their length was between 20 and 40 cm....
(Prototroctes oxyrhynchus), a recently extinct fish of New Zealand
Butterflies
- Grayling, many of the butterflies in the genus HipparchiaHipparchia (genus)Hipparchia is a genus of butterflies within the Nymphalidae family.-List of species:* Hipparchia alcyone * Hipparchia aristaeus * Hipparchia autonoe ....
- Grayling (butterfly)Grayling (butterfly)The Grayling is a species in the brush-footed butterfly family Nymphalidae. It sometimes occurs in coastal areas of northeast Scotland such as the Fowlsheugh Nature Reserve. It can also be found near the coast around England, such as Fire Beacon Hill...
(Hipparchia semele)
Places
In the United States:- Grayling, AlaskaGrayling, AlaskaGrayling is a city in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 194. Since 1977, the Athabaskan village has seen a surge of interest on odd-numbered years, when it is the site of a checkpoint during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race...
- Grayling, MichiganGrayling, MichiganGrayling is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Crawford County. The population was 1,952 at the 2000 census. Grayling takes its name from the Grayling fish that was once prevalent in its lakes and streams....
- Grayling Township, MichiganGrayling Township, MichiganGrayling Township is a charter township of Crawford County, in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 6,516 at the 2000 census.The City of Grayling lies within the township, although it is administratively autonomous.-Geography:...
- Camp GraylingCamp GraylingCamp Grayling, near Grayling, is located primarily in Crawford County, Michigan, and spreads over three counties. Camp Grayling is the main training facility for the Michigan National Guard and is the largest National Guard training facility in the nation....
, National Guard training facility near Grayling, Michigan
People
- A. C. GraylingA. C. GraylingAnthony Clifford Grayling is a British philosopher. In 2011 he founded and became the first Master of New College of the Humanities, a private undergraduate college in London. Until June 2011, he was Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck, University of London, where he taught from 1991...
, British philosopher - Chris GraylingChris GraylingChristopher Stephen "Chris" Grayling, PC, MP , is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served in the Shadow Cabinet from 2005 to 2010 and was the party's Shadow Home Secretary from 2009 to 2010. Following the 2010 general election, he was appointed a Minister of State in the...
, British politician - Eduard GreylingEduard GreylingEduard Greyling is a retired South African ballet dancer. He is the son of Ferdinand Jacobus Greyling and his wife, Jacomina Nicolasina Heyneman. He matriculated from DF Malan High School in Bellville, Cape Town in 1965.-Biography:He studied at the UCT Ballet School and joined CAPAB in 1967...
, South African ballet dancer
Fictional characters
- Dr Grayling Russell, character in the Inspector MorseInspector Morse (TV series)Inspector Morse is a detective drama based on Colin Dexter's series of Chief Inspector Morse novels. The series starred John Thaw as Chief Inspector Morse and Kevin Whately as Sergeant Lewis. Dexter makes a cameo appearance in all but three of the episodes....
TV series