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merling

merling noun: the fish Merlangius merlangus, endemic to the North Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea, western Baltic Sea and Black Sea.

Noun

merling (plural merlings)

  1. The fish Merlangius merlangus, endemic to the North Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea, western Baltic Sea and Black Sea.
    • The types were cod, conger eel, common eel, dried fish (most probably cod and hake), hake, herring, lamprey, ling, mackerel, merling (whiting), mulwell, pike, pilchard, pollack, porpoise, ray, salmon, stockfish (probably cod), sturgeon, and whiting; they arrived fresh, dried, salted, or smoked.1995, Maryanne Kowaleski, footnote, Local Markets and Regional Trade in Medieval Exeter, page 310
    Synonyms:
    English whiting, European whiting

Synonyms of merling

  • English whiting
  • European whiting

Forms of merling

pluralmerlings

Origin of merling

From Middle English merlynge, from Old French merlenc, from Latin merula.

Questions about merling

What does merling mean?
Merling means the fish Merlangius merlangus, endemic to the North Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea, western Baltic Sea and Black Sea.
What part of speech is merling?
Merling is a noun.
What is the plural of merling?
The plural of merling is merlings.

Words near merling in the dictionary

  1. Merlin chair
  2. Merlin chairs
  3. Merlin's grass
  4. Merlin's grasses
  5. Merlinesque
  6. merling
  7. merlings
  8. Merlinian
  9. Merlinic
  10. Merlino
  11. merlinoite

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