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ling

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: ling

1
 n
American hakes
2
 n
common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere
3
 n
water chestnut whose spiny fruit has two rather than 4 prongs
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: ling
1

n American hakes

Type of:
hake
any of several marine food fishes related to cod

n elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth

Synonyms:
Lota lota, burbot, cusk, eelpout
Type of:
cod, codfish
major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters

n elongated marine food fish of Greenland and northern Europe; often salted and dried

Synonyms:
Molva molva
Type of:
gadoid, gadoid fish
a soft-finned fish of the family Gadidae
2

n common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere

Synonyms:
Calluna vulgaris, Scots heather, broom, heather
Type of:
heath
a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers
3

n water chestnut whose spiny fruit has two rather than 4 prongs

Synonyms:
Trapa bicornis, ling ko
Type of:
caltrop, water chestnut, water chestnut plant
a plant of the genus Trapa bearing spiny four-pronged edible nutlike fruits
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