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grilse

Pronunciation: /ɡɹɪls/

The English word “grilse” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

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

Etymology

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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