Definition of "ling"

Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva, resembling the cod.  examples

A common ling (Molva molva).  examples

Any of various varieties of heather or broom.

1. Common heather (Calluna vulgaris)  quotations  examples

   Quotations

   • 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

(informal) Clipping of linguistics.  examples