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hirling

hirling is the alternative form of herling.

Meaning of herling

Noun

herling (plural herlings)

  1. (Scotland, archaic) The young of the sea trout or similar trout, once thought to be a separate species.

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Forms of hirling

pluralhirlings

Questions about hirling

What is hirling the alternative form of?
Hirling is the alternative form of herling.

Words near hirling in the dictionary

  1. Hiriyanfushi
  2. hirkara
  3. hirkarah
  4. hirkarahs
  5. hirkaras
  6. hirling
  7. hirlings
  8. Hirmand
  9. hirmoi
  10. hirmologia
  11. hirmologion

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hirling (page history and authors); herling (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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