ling

Etymology 1

From Middle English lenge, lienge. Probably related to long.

noun

1. Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva, resembling the cod.
2. A common ling (Molva molva).

Etymology 2

From Middle English lyng, from Old Norse lyng.

noun

1. Any of various varieties of heather or broom.
   1. Common heather (Calluna vulgaris)
      I was sitting by a path on a tussock between some bushes, whence I could overlook the path and a little valley to which it led down, and where nothing but ling and heather grew. 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 28
      Partridges, enjoying their last weeks of security, rose whirring and clattering from among the ling. 1931, Dorothy L. Sayers, The Five Red Herrings

Etymology 3

noun

1. (informal) Clipping of linguistics.