Associations to the word «Ling»

Wiktionary

LING, noun. Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva, resembling the cod.
LING, noun. Short for common ling, Molva molva.
LING, noun. Any of various varieties of heather or broom.

Dictionary definition

LING, noun. Water chestnut whose spiny fruit has two rather than 4 prongs.
LING, noun. Common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere.
LING, noun. Elongated marine food fish of Greenland and northern Europe; often salted and dried.
LING, noun. American hakes.
LING, noun. Elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth.

Wise words

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