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grilse

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6 lettersPronunciation /ɡɹɪls/Sorted egilrsStarts with GEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. A grilse is a young salmon after its first return from the sea.

Word origin

From Middle English grills, grilles, of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots grils, grissill, girls (“young salmon”). Compare English grawl, Scots grawl, graulse (“young salmon, grilse”).

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  • In our own tongue salmon are fry as babies, parr as children, smolt as adolescents, and grilse as adults.

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