ling

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Ting-a-ling--ling--ling--ling, chirped the bell right in his face.

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  1. noun Any of various marine food fishes related to or resembling the cod, especially Molva molva of northern European waters.
  2. noun See heather.

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  1. Middle English, possibly of Low German origin; see del-1 in Indo-European roots.
  2. Middle English, from Old Norse lyng.

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  1. from Middle English lenge, leenge, from Anglo-Saxon *lenge (not recorded) = Middle Dutch lenghe, linghe, Dutch leng = German länge, leng (also lang, langfisch) = Icelandic langa = Norwegian langa, longa = Danish lange = Swedish långa, a ling: so named from its length, from Anglo-Saxon lang, etc., long: see long, Cf. linger, from the same source.
  2. from Middle English lyng, from Icelandic lyng = Danish lyng = Swedish ljung, heath.
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/lɪŋ/
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