grilse
English
Etymology
From the earlier form gilse, from Welsh gleisiad, from glas (“blue”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɹɪls/
- Rhymes: -ɪls
Noun
grilse (plural grilses)
- A young salmon after its first return from the sea.
- 1961, Albert Upton, Design for Thinking: A First Book in Semantics, Stanford University Press, page 4:
- In our own tongue salmon are fry as babies, parr as children, smolt as adolescents, and grilse as adults.
- 1961, Albert Upton, Design for Thinking: A First Book in Semantics, Stanford University Press, page 4:
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