-ling
-ling (-ling) , suffix
[Anglo-Saxon -ling.]
A noun suffix, commonly having a diminutive or a depreciatory force; as in duckling, gosling, hireling, fosterling, firstling, underling.
-ling
An adverbial suffix; as, darkling, flatling.
Ling (ling) , noun
[Old English lenge; akin to Dutch leng, German lange, Danish lange, Swedish långa, Icelandic langa. So named from its being long. See Long, a.]
(a)
(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.
(b)
(Zoology) The burbot of Lake Ontario.
(c)
(Zoology) An American hake of the genus Phycis.
(d)
(Zoology) 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. [Canada]
Ling , noun
[Icelandic lyng; akin to Danish lyng, Swedish ljung.]
(Botany) Heather (Calluna vulgaris).
Collocations (1)
Ling honey , a sort of wild honey, made from the flowers of the heather. — Holland