ling Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun water chestnut whose spiny fruit has two rather than 4 prongs
    Trapa bicornis; ling ko.
  2. noun common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere
    Scots heather; broom; heather; Calluna vulgaris.
  3. noun elongated marine food fish of Greenland and northern Europe; often salted and dried
    Molva molva.
  4. noun American hakes
  5. noun elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth
    burbot; cusk; Lota lota; eelpout.

WordNet

Ling noun
Etymology
OE. lenge; akin to D. leng, G. länge, Dan. lange, Sw. lnga, Icel. langa. So named from its being long. See Long, a.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) (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 noun
Etymology
Icel. lyng; akin to Dan. lyng, Sw. ljung.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) Heather (Calluna vulgaris). Holland.

Webster 1913