ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Ling

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /lɪŋ/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Ling is a noun meaning Any of various codlike saltwater fish often used as food by humans, those of the genus Molva, in the family Lotidae.

Meaning

Any of various codlike saltwater fish often used as food by humans, those of the genus Molva, in the family Lotidae.

More Meanings

  1. Any of various varieties of heather or broom.
  2. (informal) Clipping of linguistics.

Example Sentences

Other deep creatures now being harvested or targeted as seafood include rattails, skates, squid, red crabs, orange roughy, black oreos, smooth oreos, hoki, blue ling, southern blue whiting, sablefish, black scabbard fish and spiny dogfish.

Word Forms

Synonyms for ling

Depending on context, synonyms include heather, eelpout, broom, burbot, cusk.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cusk, burbot, eelpout, heather, broom, codfish.

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