grawl

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noun

A young salmon; grilse

Scrabble 9

Meanings

noungrawl (plural grawls)

plural grawls · alternative graul · alternative grall · alternative Scotland graulse

  1. IrelandScotlandA young salmon; grilse

Origin

Back-formation from grawls, a variant of graulse, mistaken as a plural. Ultimately, graulse is a variant of English grilse.

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APA

grawl. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grawl

MLA

“grawl.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grawl. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “grawl,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grawl.

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