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ling 1 L0184500 (lĭng)n. pl. ling or lings Any of various marine food fishes closely related to and resembling the cod, especially Molva molva of northern Atlantic waters, having a long body and a barbel on the chin. [Middle English, possibly of Low German origin; see del- in Indo-European roots.]
ling 2 L0184500 (lĭng)n. See heather. [Middle English, from Old Norse lyng.]ling (lɪŋ) n, pl ling or lings1. (Animals) any of several gadoid food fishes of the northern coastal genus Molva, esp M. molva, having an elongated body with long fins2. (Animals) another name for burbot[C13: probably from Low German; related to long1]
ling (lɪŋ) n (Plants) another name for heather1[C14: from Old Norse lyng] ˈlingy adjling1 (lɪŋ) n., pl. (esp. collectively) ling, (esp. for kinds or species) lings. 1. an elongated, codlike marine food fish, Molva molva, of Greenland and N Europe. 2. the burbot. 3. any of various other elongated food fishes. [1250–1300; Middle English ling, lenge; akin to early Dutch linghe, lenghe, Old Norse langa, and to long1] ling2 (lɪŋ) n. the heather, Calluna vulgaris. [1325–75; Middle English < Old Norse lyng] -ling1 , a suffix of nouns, often pejorative, denoting one concerned with (hireling; underling) or forming a diminutive (princeling; duckling). [Middle English, Old English, c. Old Saxon, Old High German -ling, Old Norse -lingr, Gothic -liggs; see -le, -ing1] -ling2 , an adverbial suffix expressing direction, position, or state: darkling. [Middle English, Old English; adv. use of gradational variant of lang long1] ling. linguistics. ThesaurusNoun | 1. | ling - water chestnut whose spiny fruit has two rather than 4 prongsling ko, Trapa bicorniswater 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 hemisphereCalluna vulgaris, heather, Scots heather, broomheath - a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowersCalluna, genus Calluna - one species | | 3. | ling - elongated marine food fish of Greenland and northern Europe; often salted and driedMolva molvagadoid, gadoid fish - a soft-finned fish of the family Gadidaegenus Molva, Molva - ling | | 4. | ling - American hakeshake - any of several marine food fishes related to codgenus Urophycis, Urophycis - hakes | | 5. | ling - elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouthburbot, Lota lota, eelpout, cuskcodfish, cod - major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters | TranslationsIdiomsSeeding-a-lingling
ling: see codcod, member of the large family Gadidae, comprising commercially important food fishes. The family, whose members are found in the N Atlantic and Pacific, includes the tomcods, the haddock, and the pollacks (or pollocks). ..... Click the link for more information. .ling1. any of several gadoid food fishes of the northern coastal genus Molva, esp M. molva, having an elongated body with long fins 2. another name for burbot (a fish) ling
Ling (ling), Per Henrik, Swedish hygienist, 1776-1839. See: Ling method. ling (lĭng)n. See heather.heather Herbal medicine An evergreen shrub that contains arbutin, carotene, citric and fumaric acids, flavonoids, tannins and volatile oils; it is antitussive, mildly sedative, a urinary tract antiseptic, and has been used for rheumatic complaints and gout.LegalSeeCODling Related to ling: ling zhiSynonyms for lingnoun water chestnut whose spiny fruit has two rather than 4 prongsSynonymsRelated Words- water chestnut
- water chestnut plant
- caltrop
noun common Old World heath represented by many varietiesSynonyms- Calluna vulgaris
- heather
- Scots heather
- broom
Related Words- heath
- Calluna
- genus Calluna
noun elongated marine food fish of Greenland and northern EuropeSynonymsRelated Words- gadoid
- gadoid fish
- genus Molva
- Molva
noun American hakesRelated Words- hake
- genus Urophycis
- Urophycis
noun elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouthSynonyms- burbot
- Lota lota
- eelpout
- cusk
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