Ling

Ling

(1): ( n.) Heather (Calluna vulgaris).

(2): ( a.) 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.

(3): ( a.) An American hake of the genus Phycis.

(4): ( a.) The burbot of Lake Ontario.

(5): ( 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.