Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

merling

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.11 in modern English

Syllables: mer-ling
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Example Sentences

"1995, Maryanne Kowaleski, footnote, Local Markets and Regional Trade in Medieval Exeter, page 310, 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."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: merlynge, merlenc

Inflected Forms

merlings (plural)

Synonyms

English whiting European whiting

Questions

What does merling mean?: The fish Merlangius merlangus, endemic to the North Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea, western Baltic Sea and Black Sea.
Where does merling come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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