Definition of ling

• a. - A large, marine, gadoid fish (Molva vulgaris) of Northern Europe and Greenland. It is valued as a food fish and is largely salted and dried. Called also drizzle.
• a. - The burbot of Lake Ontario.
• a. - An American hake of the genus Phycis.
• a. - A New Zealand food fish of the genus Genypterus. The name is also locally applied to other fishes, as the cultus cod, the mutton fish, and the cobia.
• n. - Heather (Calluna vulgaris).