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ling
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun ling has 5 senses
- ling(n = noun.plant) ling ko, trapa bicornis - water chestnut whose spiny fruit has two rather than 4 prongs; Array is a kind of caltrop, water chestnut, water chestnut plant
- ling(n = noun.plant) broom, calluna vulgaris, heather, scots heather - common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere; Array is a kind of heath
- ling(n = noun.animal) molva molva - elongated marine food fish of Greenland and northern Europe; often salted and dried; Array is a kind of gadoid, gadoid fish
- ling(n = noun.animal) Array - American hakes; Array is a kind of hake
- ling(n = noun.animal) burbot, cusk, eelpout, lota lota - elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth; Array is a kind of cod, codfish
is a member of calluna, genus calluna
is a member of genus molva, molva
is a member of genus urophycis, urophycis
CIDE DICTIONARY
ling, n. [OE. lenge; akin to D. leng, G. länge, Dan. lange, Sw. l, Icel. langa. So named from its being long. See Long, a. ].
A large, marine, gadoid fish (Molva vulgaris ) of Northern Europe and Greenland. It is valued as a food fish and is largely salted and dried. Called also drizzle . [1913 Webster]
ling, n. [Icel. lyng; akin to Dan. lyng, Sw. ljung.].
Heather (Calluna vulgaris ). [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
ling, n. a long slender marine fish, Molva molva, of N. Europe, used as food.
ling, n. any of various heathers, esp. Calluna vulgaris.
Derivative
lingy adj.
Etymology
ME f. ON lyng
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