[mod.L., a. Gr. θύμαλλος name of an unknown fish: see quot. 1706.] The genus of fishes containing the graylings.
[1706. Phillips (ed. Kersey), Thymallus, a Fish of the Trout-kind, that smells like the Herb Thyme.]
1797. Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3), XVI. 616/2. The thymallus, or grayling, haunts clear and rapid streams.
