Grayling vs Umber - What's the difference?
grayling | umber |
Any freshwater fish of the genus Thymallus'' or specifically ''Thymallus thymallus , of the salmon family, having a large dorsal fin.
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A species of butterfly, , of the family Nymphalidae.
a brown clay, somewhat darker than ochre, which contains iron and manganese oxides.
A grayling.
A dusky brown African wading bird (Scopus umbretta ) allied to the storks and herons.
Of a reddish brown colour, like that of the pigment.
* J. R. Drake
As nouns the difference between grayling and umber
is that grayling is any freshwater fish of the genus Thymallus or specifically Thymallus thymallus, of the salmon family, having a large dorsal fin while umber is a brown clay, somewhat darker than ochre, which contains iron and manganese oxides.As an adjective umber is
of a reddish brown colour, like that of the pigment.grayling
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* ("grayling" on Wikipedia) * * (Thymallus) * (Hipparchia)Anagrams
*umber
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(wikipedia umber)Alternative forms
* (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Adjective
(-)- Their harps are of the umber shade / That hides the blush of waking day.