ling
Noun
- water chestnut whose spiny fruit has two rather than 4 prongs
- common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere
- elongated marine food fish of Greenland and northern Europe; often salted and dried
- American hakes
- elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth
- Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva, resembling the cod.
- A common ling (Molva molva).
- Any of various varieties of heather or broom.
- Any of various varieties of heather or broom.
- Common heather (Calluna vulgaris)
- Clipping of linguistics.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English lenge, lienge, from Middle French leynge (compare French lingue), from Middle Dutch *lenge (modern Dutch leng). Cognate with Old Norse langa. Probably related to long.
Synonyms
broom, burbot, Calluna vulgaris, cusk, eelpout, heather, ling ko, Lota lota, Molva molva, Scots heather, Trapa bicornis
Scrabble Score: 5
ling is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordling is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
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