Grilse

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A young Atlantic salmon on its first return from the sea to fresh or brackish waters.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A young salmon after its first return from the sea.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A young salmon after its first return from the sea.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A young salmon on its first return to the river from the sea.
  • Word Usage
    "Most of the salmon caught are known as grilse -- small, mostly male salmon that feed only a few hundred kilometres away from their home rivers."
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