grawl
(Scotland, Ireland) A young salmon; grilse.
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(Scotland, Ireland) A young salmon; grilse.
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- Graveling82%
' A young salmon. See Grawl, sb.
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A Scottish name for the sprat (Sprattus sprattus), a small herring-like fish found in northern European coastal waters. Also called 'garvie' in Scotland. Sprats were an important part of the working-class diet in coastal Scottish communities, preserved in salt or smoked. The word is regional and now quite obscure outside historical or dialect-focused contexts.
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