ling 1 (l ng)n. pl. ling or lings Any of various marine food fishes related to or resembling the cod, especially Molva molva of northern European waters. [Middle English, possibly of Low German origin; see del-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
| ling 2 (lng) n. See heather. [Middle English, from Old Norse lyng.] |
ling1
n pl ling, lings
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of several gadoid food fishes of the northern coastal genus Molva, esp M. molva, having an elongated body with long fins
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for burbot (a fish)
[probably from Low German; related to long1]
ling2
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) another name for heather [1]
[from Old Norse lyng]
lingy adj
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| Noun | 1. |  ling - water chestnut whose spiny fruit has two rather than 4 prongswater chestnut, water chestnut plant, caltrop - a plant of the genus Trapa bearing spiny four-pronged edible nutlike fruits |
| 2. |  ling - common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphereheath - a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers Calluna, genus Calluna - one species | |
| 3. |  ling - elongated marine food fish of Greenland and northern Europe; often salted and driedgadoid, gadoid fish - a soft-finned fish of the family Gadidae genus Molva, Molva - ling | |
| 4. | ling - American hakes hake - any of several marine food fishes related to cod genus Urophycis, Urophycis - hakes | |
| 5. |  ling - elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth |
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