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ling

1  [ling]
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–noun, plural (especially collectively) ling, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) lings.
1. an elongated, marine, gadid food fish, Molva molva, of Greenland and northern Europe.
2. the burbot.
3. any of various other elongated food fishes.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME ling, lenge; c. D leng; akin to long 1 , ON langa

ling

2  [ling]
–noun
the heather, Calluna vulgaris.
Origin:
1325–75; ME lyng < ON lyng

-ling

1 
a suffix of nouns, often pejorative, denoting one concerned with (hireling; underling), or diminutive (princeling; duckling).
Origin:
ME, OE; c. G -ling, ON -lingr, Goth -lings; see -le, -ing 1

-ling

2 
an adverbial suffix expressing direction, position, state, etc.: darkling; sideling.
Origin:
ME, OE; adv. use of gradational var. lang long 1

ling.

 
linguistics.
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heath·er   (hěth'ər)   
n.  
  1. A low-growing Eurasian shrub (Calluna vulgaris) growing in dense masses and having small evergreen leaves and clusters of small, bell-shaped pinkish-purple flowers. Also called ling2.
  2. See heath.
  3. A grayish purple to purplish red.

[Alteration (influenced by heath) of Middle English hather, probably from Old English *hǣddre.]
heath'er adj.
ling 1   (lĭng)   
n.   pl. ling or lings
Any of various marine food fishes related to or resembling the cod, especially Molva molva of northern European waters.

[Middle English, possibly of Low German origin; see del-1 in Indo-European roots.]
ling 2   (lĭng)   
n.  See heather.

[Middle English, from Old Norse lyng.]
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Ling

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

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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Language Translation for : Ling
Spanish: trampa,
German: die Schlinge,
Japanese: わな
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