Ling - Definition

n 1: water chestnut whose spiny fruit has two rather than 4
prongs [syn: ling, ling ko, Trapa bicornis]
2: common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low
evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere [syn:
heather, ling, Scots heather, broom, Calluna
vulgaris]
3: elongated marine food fish of Greenland and northern Europe;
often salted and dried [syn: ling, Molva molva]
4: American hakes
5: elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North
America having barbels around its mouth [syn: burbot,
eelpout, ling, cusk, Lota lota]