ling
/liɳ/
Definition
- Noun:
- A type of fish: "ling" refers to several species of elongated marine or freshwater fish, often related to cod or hake, found in northern waters.
- A type of plant: "ling" can also refer to a common, low-growing evergreen heather plant found in northern hemisphere moorlands.
Examples of Usage
- Noun (Fish):
- The fishermen caught a large ling off the coast of Greenland.
- Salted ling was a traditional food for long sea voyages.
- Noun (Plant):
- The moor was covered in purple ling.
- Ling and other heaths dominate the acidic soil of the highlands.
Advanced Usage
- "Ling cod": A specific type of fish found in the North Pacific, though not a true cod.
- The ling cod is a prized catch for sport fishers.
Variants and Related Words
- Heather (n): A common name for the same plant, , also called "ling".
- Burbot (n): A freshwater fish () sometimes regionally called "ling".
- Cusk (n): A marine fish () also known as "torsk" or "ling".
Synonyms
- For the plant: Heather, calluna.
- For the fish: (Varies by species) Burbot, cusk, torsk.
Related Phrases
- Ling heather: A compound term specifying the plant.
- The hills were a carpet of ling heather.
Related Idioms
(No common idioms are directly based on the word "ling" alone.)
Noun
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elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth
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American hakes
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elongated marine food fish of Greenland and northern Europe; often salted and dried
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common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere
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water chestnut whose spiny fruit has two rather than 4 prongs
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