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grayling

Fauna
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

A grayling is a freshwater fish. It is known for living in clear, cool rivers.

Detailed Definition
Grayling is the name of a fish, especially one found in clean running water. Tennyson includes it to make the brook’s world feel alive with river creatures.
Example
Example in poetry:
“And here and there a grayling” places the butterfly among wild flowers and open grass; the grayling butterfly’s mottled wings often suggest bark, stone, or dry heath; “A grayling closed its earth-brown wings upon the thyme” uses precise natural observation; “By the river’s clear run, a grayling flashed and vanished” uses the name’s alternate sense, a freshwater fish
Additional Notes
The word "grayling" in "And here and there a grayling" names a specific fish that may be unfamiliar to many readers.; Found in the poem, The Brook by Alfred Lord Tennyson
Also Known As
silverfish fish of the gray freshwater fish angler's catch
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