See Also: ling(5)(dictionary)
ling(4)(dictionary)
ling(3)(dictionary)
ling(6)(dictionary)
ling(dictionary)
Ling(medicine)
ding-a-ling(dictionary)
ting-a-ling(dictionary)
Ding Ling(encyclopedia)
Ling (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)

ling(4) (iou)



ling noun1. Also (earlier) leng. ME.

Any of several long slender predacious gadoid fishes of the genus Molva, esp. M. molva, an important food fish found chiefly in the E. Atlantic. ME.
blue ling: see BLUE adjective.
Any of various other usu. slender fishes; spec. (a) US the burbot; (b) Austral. the beardie; (c) Austral. & NZ the pinkish-white cusk-eel Genypterus blacodes. M19.
Comb.: lingcod N. Amer. a large food and sporting fish, Ophiodon elongatus, of the greenling family, found in the N. Pacific; also called cultus-cod.