Ling (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun, plural (especially collectively) ling, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) lings.
  1. an elongated, marine, gadid food fish, Molva molva, of Greenland and northern Europe.
  2. the burbot.
  3. any of various other elongated food fishes.
noun
  1. the heather, Calluna vulgaris.
  1. a suffix of nouns, often pejorative, denoting one concerned with (hireling; underling), or diminutive (princeling; duckling).
  1. an adverbial suffix expressing direction, position, state, etc.: darkling; sideling.
abbreviation
  1. linguistics.
noun plural ling or lings
  1. any of several gadoid food fishes of the northern coastal genus Molva, esp M. molva, having an elongated body with long fins
  2. another name for burbot
noun
  1. another name for heather (def. 1)
suffix forming nouns
  1. a person or thing belonging to or associated with the group, activity, or quality specified
  2. used as a diminutive
suffix forming adverbs
  1. in a specified condition, manner, or direction
abbreviation for
  1. linguistics
Ling (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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