Grayling Explained

Grayling or Greyling may refer to:

Animals

Fish

• Grayling, generically, any fish of the genus Thymallus in the family Salmonidae
  • European grayling (Thymallus thymallus), the type species of the genus Thymallus
  • Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus)
• Australian grayling (Prototroctes maraena), a fish in the family Retropinnidae
• New Zealand grayling (Prototroctes oxyrhynchus), a recently extinct fish of New Zealand

Butterflies

• Grayling, many of the butterflies in the genus Hipparchia and Oeneis
• Grayling (butterfly) (Hipparchia semele)
• Common wood-nymph or grayling (Cercyonis pegala)

Places

United States

• Grayling, Alaska
• Grayling, Michigan
• Grayling Charter Township, Michigan
• Camp Grayling, National Guard training facility near Grayling, Michigan

People

• A. C. Grayling (born 1949), British philosopher
• Chris Grayling (born 1962), British politician
• Eduard Greyling (born 1948), South African ballet dancer

Other uses

• Grayling (PR firm), a public relations firm
• USS Grayling, several US Navy ships and submarines
• Dr Grayling Russell, a fictional character in the Inspector Morse TV series