1
: any of various fishes (such as a hake or burbot) of the cod family
2
: lingcod
: a heath plant
especially
: a common Old World heather (Calluna vulgaris)
1
: one connected with or having the quality of
hireling
2
: young, small, or inferior one
duckling
-ling
4 of 4adverb suffix
variants
or -lings
: in (such) a direction or manner
sideling
flatling
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Anabel Dean, CNN, 23 Jan. 2023
And don’t miss The Courtney Room for dinner, where the slow baked ling cod with summer squash is a must taste.
—Celeste Moure, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Aug. 2021
Nicknamed in various parts of North America as ling, lawyer, cusk or mud shark — the once-lowly burbot is being elevated in Minnesota from unprotected rough fish to game fish.
—Tony Kennedy, Star Tribune, 14 Jan. 2021
Pursuing parasites in the lab: Step one: discard the filet from this ling cod.
—Kenneth R. Weiss, Discover Magazine, 20 Dec. 2018
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Noun
The sand eels, pilchards, ling and dogfish are missing on this occasion, but everything depends upon the season.
—Anabel Dean, CNN, 23 Jan. 2023
And don’t miss The Courtney Room for dinner, where the slow baked ling cod with summer squash is a must taste.
—Celeste Moure, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Aug. 2021
Nicknamed in various parts of North America as ling, lawyer, cusk or mud shark — the once-lowly burbot is being elevated in Minnesota from unprotected rough fish to game fish.
—Tony Kennedy, Star Tribune, 14 Jan. 2021
Pursuing parasites in the lab: Step one: discard the filet from this ling cod.
—Kenneth R. Weiss, Discover Magazine, 20 Dec. 2018
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“Ling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ling. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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