NOUN | plant | ling, ling ko, Trapa bicornis | water chestnut whose spiny fruit has two rather than 4 prongs |
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plant | ling, heather, Scots heather, broom, Calluna vulgaris | common Old World heath represented by many varieties | |
animal | ling, Molva molva | elongated marine food fish of Greenland and northern Europe | |
animal | ling | American hakes | |
animal | ling, burbot, eelpout, cusk, Lota lota | elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth |
Sounds | lih'ng | |
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Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... |
Meaning | water chestnut whose spiny fruit has two rather than 4 prongs. | |
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Synonyms | ling ko, Trapa bicornis | |
Broader | water chestnut, water chestnut plant, caltrop | A plant of the genus Trapa bearing spiny four-pronged edible nutlike fruits |
Meaning | common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere. | |
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Synonyms | heather, Scots heather, broom, Calluna vulgaris | |
Member of | Calluna, genus Calluna | One species |
Broader | heath | A low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae |
Spanish | brezo | |
Catalan | bruc, bruguerola, Calluna vulgaris |
Meaning | elongated marine food fish of Greenland and northern Europe; often salted and dried. | |
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Synonym | Molva molva | |
Member of | Molva, genus Molva | ling |
Broader | gadoid, gadoid fish | A soft-finned fish of the family Gadidae |
Meaning | American hakes. | |
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Member of | Urophycis, genus Urophycis | hakes |
Broader | hake | Any of several marine food fishes related to cod |
Meaning | elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth. | |
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Synonyms | burbot, eelpout, cusk, Lota lota | |
Broader | cod, codfish | major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters |
Spanish | lota |
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