Meaning of LING
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | broom, burbot, Calluna vulgaris, cusk, eelpout, heather, ling ko, Lota lota, Molva molva, Scots heather, Trapa bicornis |
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| | See Also: | | Calluna, caltrop, cod, codfish, gadoid, gadoid fish, genus Calluna, genus Molva, genus Urophycis, hake, heath, Molva, Urophycis, water chestnut, water chestnut plant | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\-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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