About The Word Ling
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Ling
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What's The Definition Of Ling?
[n] elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth
[n] American hakes [n] elongated marine food fish of Greenland and northern Europe; often salted and dried [n] common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere [n] water chestnut whose spiny fruit has two rather than 4 prongs Synonyms | Synonyms for Ling: broom | burbot | Calluna vulgaris | cusk | eelpout | heather | ling ko | Lota lota | Molva molva | Scots heather | Trapa bicornis Related Terms | Find terms related to Ling: See Also | Calluna | caltrop | cod | codfish | gadoid | gadoid fish | genus Calluna | genus Molva | genus Urophycis | hake | heath | Molva | Urophycis | water chestnut | water chestnut plant Ling In Webster's Dictionary \-ling\ (-l[i^]ng). [AS. -ling.]
A noun suffix, commonly having a diminutive or a depreciatory
force; as in duckling, gosling, hireling, fosterling,
firstling, underling.
\-ling\ An adverbial suffix; as, darkling, flatling. \Ling\ (l[i^]ng), n. [OE. lenge; akin to D. leng, G. l["a]nge, Dan. lange, Sw. l[*a]nga, Icel. langa. So named from its being long. See {Long}, a.] (Zo["o]l.) (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}. (b) The burbot of Lake Ontario. (c) An American hake of the genus {Phycis}. [Canada] (d) A New Zealand food fish of the genus {Genypterus}. The name is also locally applied to other fishes, as the cultus cod, the mutton fish, and the cobia. \Ling\, n. [Icel. lyng; akin to Dan. lyng, Sw. ljung.] (Bot.) Heather ({Calluna vulgaris}). {Ling honey}, a sort of wild honey, made from the flowers of the heather. --Holland. |
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