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‖ Thymallus|θaɪˈmæləs|
[mod.L., a. Gr. θύµαλλος name of an unknown fish: see quot. 1706.]
The genus of fishes containing the graylings; = grayling 1 a.
[1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Thymallus, a Fish of the Trout-kind, that smells like the Herb Thyme.] 1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) XVI. 616/2 The thymallus, or grayling, haunts clear and rapid streams. 1921Chambers's Jrnl. Jan. 114/2 We have fished that river again, and succeeded in capturing good baskets of thymallus. |