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noun

ling

LING/lɪŋ/

A long edible marine fish of the cod family.

A ling swims near the seabed in the cold Atlantic.

A single common ling fish, Molva molva, shown in clear side profile on pale seabed. Extremely long slender eel-like brown mottled body, pale belly, small head with ONE chin barbel. Exactly TWO dorsal fins: a short rounded first dorsal behind the head and a second VERY LONG low continuous dorsal fin extending almost to the tail; one long anal fin below. Rounded tail. No cod-like three separate dorsal fins. No fishing gear, diagrams or labels.
Etymology
lingMiddle Englishling fish

The older fish name lenge is probably related to long. If so, the name points to the fish's elongated, slender body.

In context

vagabrothers speaker3:18
but we're just going to have a cod and a ling for lunch.
KINSALE CATCH & COOK - BEST FISHING IN IRELAND
The Fish Locker presenter10:20
Ling was what I got look at the size of that Jesus Christ it's 5 foot long
MONSTER FISH - Deep Sea Shipwreck Fishing - Biggest ever Ling | The FishLocker

More examples

  • The crew catches several ling in deep water.
  • She bakes ling fillets with lemon and butter.
  • The ling has a much longer body than the cod beside it.

Forms

ling · lings