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ling

US/lɪŋ/ fairly common informal

noun

1.

water chestnut whose spiny fruit has two rather than 4 prongs

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American hakes

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Origin

From Middle English lenge, of Germanic origin. Cognate with Old Norse langa. Probably related to long.

Phrases

  • blue ling
  • common ling
  • ling fish

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