grayback
/ˈɡreɪˌbæk/
noun
- A Confederate soldier in the American Civil War, named for the gray uniform.
- In the museum, we saw a letter written by a grayback to his family back home.
- The old man told stories about his great-grandfather, a grayback who fought at Gettysburg.
- The novel follows a young grayback as he experiences the hardships of war.
- A louse or other small insect that is gray in color.
- The hiker found a grayback crawling on his shirt after walking through the tall grass.
- During the camping trip, we had to check for graybacks every night.
- The vet said the dog had picked up a grayback from the kennel.
- A type of whale, especially the gray whale.
- The grayback migrates thousands of miles each year between feeding and breeding grounds.
- We spotted a grayback breaching near the shore during our boat tour.
- Marine biologists are studying the grayback's population along the Pacific coast.