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merlings

merlings is the plural of merling.

Meaning of merling

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

Questions about merlings

What is merlings the plural of?
Merlings is the plural of merling.

Words near merlings in the dictionary

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

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