ling /ˈlɪŋ/
一種似鱈魚的食用魚,石南之一種
Ling n. Zool. (a) 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. (b) The burbot of Lake Ontario. (c) An American hake of the genus Phycis. [Canada] (d) 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.
Ling, n. Bot. Heather (Calluna vulgaris).
Ling honey, a sort of wild honey, made from the flowers of the heather.
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ling
n 1: water chestnut whose spiny fruit has two rather than 4
prongs [syn: ling ko, Trapa bicornis]
2: common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low
evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere [syn: heather,
Scots heather, broom, Calluna vulgaris]
3: elongated marine food fish of Greenland and northern Europe;
often salted and dried [syn: Molva molva]
4: American hakes
5: elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and
North America having barbels around its mouth [syn: burbot,
eelpout, cusk, Lota lota]