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Ling (medicine)


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1. <zoology> A large, marine, gadoid fish (Molva vulgaris) of Northern Europe and Greenland. It is valued as a food fish and is largely salted and dried. Called also drizzle.

2. The burbot of Lake Ontario.

3. An American hake of the genus Phycis.

4. A New Zealand food fish of the genus Genypterus. The name is also locally applied to other fishes, as the cultus cod, the mutton fish, and the cobia.

5. <botany> Heather (Calluna vulgaris). Ling honey, a sort of wild honey, made from the flowers of the heather.

Origin: OE. Lenge; akin to D. Leng, G. Lange, Dan. Lange, Sw. Lnga, Icel. Langa. So named from its being long. See Long.

Source: Websters Dictionary