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🐟 A long fish 🌸 A heather plant 🌰 A spiny fruit
ling

ling

1 8.8
A long fish with white flesh often used for food
  • noun
  • /lɪŋ/
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  • They're smelts, ling, conger eel, John Dory, pilchards and frogfish.
  • ling cod
  • rockfish and lings
  • king or ling

Examples

  • It is renowned for its excellent accommodations, delicious meals, and world-class fishing for walleye and northern pike, as well as lake trout, whitefish, and ling.

    Blog text (16)

  • She caught a large ling during her fishing trip last summer in the Atlantic Ocean.

  • He knows enough to buy the best-bred lings around.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Anglers fish for northern pike, walleye, lake trout, whitefish, and ling or burbot.

    Blog text (16)

  • Many anglers often seek ling when they are fishing in deep waters off the coast.

  • The chef prepared a delicious dish featuring grilled ling with vegetables.

Synonyms

Molva molva
vsling
  • Specialized
9.9

A large fish with a long body found in cold northern seas often salted and dried for food

is a broader name covering elongated fish in freshwater and marine areas across regions

Compounds

ling ko
  • Indian
9.9

A plant like a water chestnut whose spiny fruit has two prongs

Nan Ling
7.2

A mountain range in southeast China that separates northern and southern regions

Surface Forms

ling singular
lings plural

Etymology

Ling for the fish probably comes from an old northern word meaning 'long', which fits its long, thin body. So ling is the name for that long, white‑fleshed fish often used in cooking.