ling

/lɪŋ/

/lɪŋ/

Other forms: lings

Definitions of ling

1. noun

   American hakes
   type of:

   hake

   any of several marine food fishes related to cod
2. noun

   elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth
   synonyms: Lota lota, burbot, cusk, eelpout

   type of:

   cod, codfish

   major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters
3. noun

   elongated marine food fish of Greenland and northern Europe; often salted and dried
   synonyms: Molva molva

   type of:

   gadoid, gadoid fish

   a soft-finned fish of the family Gadidae
4. noun

   common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere
   synonyms: Calluna vulgaris, Scots heather, broom, heather

   type of:

   heath

   a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers
5. noun

   water chestnut whose spiny fruit has two rather than 4 prongs
   synonyms: Trapa bicornis, ling ko

   type of:

   caltrop, water chestnut, water chestnut plant

   a plant of the genus Trapa bearing spiny four-pronged edible nutlike fruits