Synonyms of LING

noun

1. water chestnut whose spiny fruit has two rather than 4 prongs

   Also: ling ko, trapa bicornis.

2. common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere

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   Also: scots heather, calluna vulgaris.

3. elongated marine food fish of Greenland and northern Europe; often salted and dried

   Also: molva molva.

4. elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth

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   • CUSK10

   Also: lota lota.