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Webster 1913 Edition
Ling
Ling
(lĭng)
, Noun.
[OE. ]
lenge
; akin to D. leng
, G. länge
, Dan. lange
, Sw. långa
, Icel. langa
. So named from its being long
. See Long
, Adj.
(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
,Noun.
[Icel.
lyng
; akin to Dan. lyng
, Sw. ljung
.] (Bot.)
Heather (
Calluna vulgaris
). Ling honey
, a sort of wild honey, made from the flowers of the heather.
Holland.
Webster 1828 Edition
Ling
LING
,Noun.
A fish of the genus Gadus, or cod kind, which grows to the length of four feet or more, is very slender, with a flat head. This fish abounds on the coasts of Scotland and Ireland, and forms a considerable article of commerce.
LING
,Noun.
Definition 2025
líng
líng
Mandarin
Romanization
líng (Zhuyin ㄌㄧㄥˊ)
- Pinyin transcription of 仢
- Pinyin transcription of 伶
- Pinyin transcription of 倮
- Pinyin transcription of 凌
- Pinyin transcription of 刢
- Pinyin transcription of 囹
- Pinyin transcription of 坽
- Pinyin transcription of 夌
- Pinyin transcription of 姈
- Pinyin transcription of 孁
- Pinyin transcription of 岭, 岺
- Pinyin transcription of 朎
- Pinyin transcription of 柃
- Pinyin transcription of 棂
- Pinyin transcription of 棱
- Pinyin transcription of 櫺
- Pinyin transcription of 欞
- Pinyin transcription of 泠
- Pinyin transcription of 淩
- Pinyin transcription of 澪
- Pinyin transcription of 灵
- Pinyin transcription of 燯
- Pinyin transcription of 爧
- Pinyin transcription of 狑
- Pinyin transcription of 玲
- Pinyin transcription of 夌
- Pinyin transcription of 瓴
- Pinyin transcription of 皊
- Pinyin transcription of 睖
- Pinyin transcription of 砱
- Pinyin transcription of 碐
- Pinyin transcription of 磵
- Pinyin transcription of 祾
- Pinyin transcription of 仢
- Pinyin transcription of 稏
- Pinyin transcription of 竛
- Pinyin transcription of 笭
- Pinyin transcription of 紷
- Pinyin transcription of 綾, 绫
- Pinyin transcription of 羚
- Pinyin transcription of 翎
- Pinyin transcription of 聆
- Pinyin transcription of 舲
- Pinyin transcription of 苓
- Pinyin transcription of 棱
- Pinyin transcription of 蔆
- Pinyin transcription of 蕶
- Pinyin transcription of 蘦
- Pinyin transcription of 蛉
- Pinyin transcription of 衑
- Pinyin transcription of 裬
- Pinyin transcription of 詅
- Pinyin transcription of 蛉
- Pinyin transcription of 軨
- Pinyin transcription of 輘
- Pinyin transcription of 酃
- Pinyin transcription of 醽
- Pinyin transcription of 釖
- Pinyin transcription of 鈴
- Pinyin transcription of 錂
- Pinyin transcription of 柃
- Pinyin transcription of 閝
- Pinyin transcription of 灵
- Pinyin transcription of 零
- Pinyin transcription of 霊
- Pinyin transcription of 霛
- Pinyin transcription of 霝
- Pinyin transcription of 靈
- Pinyin transcription of 釖
- Pinyin transcription of 魿
- Pinyin transcription of 鯪, 鲮
- Pinyin transcription of 鴒
- Pinyin transcription of 鸰
- Pinyin transcription of 鹷
- Pinyin transcription of 麢
- Pinyin transcription of 齡
- Pinyin transcription of 齢, 龄
- Pinyin transcription of 龗