"grilse" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɡɹɪls/ Forms: grilses [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪls 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|grills}} Middle English grills, {{m|enm|grilles}} grilles, {{unk|en|nocap=1}} unknown, {{cog|sco|grils}} Scots grils, {{m|sco|grissill}} grissill, {{m|sco|girls|t=young salmon}} girls (“young salmon”), {{cog|en|grawl}} English grawl, {{cog|sco|grawl}} Scots grawl, {{m|sco|graulse|t=young salmon, grilse}} graulse (“young salmon, grilse”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} grilse (plural grilses)
  1. A young salmon after its first return from the sea. Categories (lifeform): Salmonids Synonyms: grilt Translations (salmon): lohi (Finnish), σολομάκι (solomáki) [neuter] (Greek), σολομός ηλικίας 4 ετών (solomós ilikías 4 etón) [masculine] (Greek), bláthán [masculine] (Irish), braddan noa [masculine] (Manx), taqawan [animate] (Mi'kmaq), آزادماهی (âzâdmâhi) (Persian), gleisiad [masculine] (Welsh)

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