English noun: ling |
1. | ling (plant) water chestnut whose spiny fruit has two rather than 4 prongs |
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| Synonyms | ling ko, Trapa bicornis |
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| Broader (hypernym) | caltrop, water chestnut, water chestnut plant |
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2. | ling (plant) common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere |
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| Synonyms | broom, Calluna vulgaris, heather, Scots heather |
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| Broader (hypernym) | heath |
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| Member meronym | Calluna, genus Calluna |
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3. | ling (animal) elongated marine food fish of Greenland and northern Europe; often salted and dried |
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| Synonyms | Molva molva |
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| Broader (hypernym) | gadoid, gadoid fish |
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| Member meronym | genus Molva, Molva |
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4. | ling (animal) American hakes |
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| Broader (hypernym) | hake |
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| Member meronym | genus Urophycis, Urophycis |
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5. | ling (animal) elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth |
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| Synonyms | burbot, cusk, eelpout, Lota lota |
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| Broader (hypernym) | cod, codfish |
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