-ling

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In the manner or direction indicated by the main stem (object.)
A diminutive modifier of nouns having either the physical sense of "a younger, smaller or inferior version of what is denoted by the original noun", or the derived sense indicating possession of or connection with a quality, which may having the sense of "a follower or resident of what is denoted by the stem form"
ding-a-ling
The sound of a small bell
ding-a-ling
An eccentric or crazy person
ding-a-ling
The penis
ling
Any of various varieties of heather or broom
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Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva, resembling the cod
ling
{n} a large seafish, a kind of heath
ding-a-ling
A person who acts strangely, orig. as a result of long imprisonment; an eccentric; a fool
ding-a-ling
Foolish, stupid
ding-a-ling
The sound of a bell
ding-a-ling
Penis
Ding Ling
or Ting Ling orig. Jiang Wei born 1904, Changde, Hunan province, China died March 4, 1986, Beijing Chinese writer. She had written three collections, many of which contained stories centred on young, unconventional Chinese women, before publishing the proletarian-oriented Flood (1931), acclaimed as a model of Socialist Realism. She later expressed dissatisfaction with the government officials, for which she was censured and imprisoned during the Cultural Revolution; she was eventually reinstated in the party. Her later works include critical essays and fiction, some published in I Myself Am a Woman (1989)
Ling
lin
ding-a-ling
a stupid person (ding-a-ling (19-21 centuries))
ling
water chestnut whose spiny fruit has two rather than 4 prongs
ling
Any of various marine food fishes related to or resembling the cod, especially Molva molva of northern European waters. Ding Ling Ting Ling Chang Tao ling
ling
A large, marine, gadoid fish (Molva vulgaris) of Northern Europe and Greenland
ling
An adverbial suffix; as, darkling, flatling
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The name is also locally applied to other fishes, as the cultus cod, the mutton fish, and the cobia
ling
common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere
ling
elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth
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The burbot of Lake Ontario
ling
A New Zealand food fish of the genus Genypterus
ling
{i} long edible fish found in the seas of northern Europe
ling
It is valued as a food fish and is largely salted and dried
ling
Called also drizzle
ling
An American hake of the genus Phycis
ling
American hakes elongated marine food fish of Greenland and northern Europe; often salted and dried water chestnut whose spiny fruit has two rather than 4 prongs
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American hakes
ling
elongated marine food fish of Greenland and northern Europe; often salted and dried
ling
A noun suffix, commonly having a diminutive or a depreciatory force; as in duckling, gosling, hireling, fosterling, firstling, underling
ling
Heather (Calluna vulgaris)
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molva
ling-pao
a member of the Taoist Trinity
nan ling
a mountain range in southeastern China running generally east to west
ting-a-ling
the high clear ringing sound that is made by a small bell (From the sound)
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    Etymologie

    () From Middle English -ling from Old English -ling from Proto-Germanic *-lingaz, a nominal suffix, probably composed of Proto-Germanic *-ilaz (agent/instrumental suffix) + Proto-Germanic *-ingaz (patronymic suffix). Akin to Old High German -ling, Old Norse -lingr, Gothic -
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