different between merling vs merlin

English

Etymology

From French merlanke, from Latin merula.

Noun

merling (plural merlings)

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

Synonyms

• (Merlangius merlangus): whiting (UK)
  • (in countries outside the range of Merlangius merlangus): English whiting, European whiting

Anagrams

• gremlin, mingler

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?l?n/
• Rhymes: -??(?)l?n

Etymology 1

From Middle English merlone, merlion, marlyon, merlyon, merlinge, from Old French emerillon, esmerillon, from Old Frankish *smiril (“falcon, hawk”), from Proto-Germanic *smirilaz (“falcon, merlin”). Cognate with Old High German smirl (“falcon”), Old Norse smyrill (“falcon”).

Alternative forms

• marlin, marlion, marlyon, merline, merlion, merlon

Noun

merlin (plural merlins)

1. A small falcon, Falco columbarius, that breeds in northern North America, Europe, and Asia.

   Synonym: pigeon hawk

Translations

Etymology 2

Acronym of moesin-Ezrin-Radixin-like protein +? -in (“protein”)

Noun

merlin (uncountable)

1. (biochemistry) A cytoskeletal protein active in the suppression of tumors.

   Synonym: schwannomin

   Hypernym: protein

Related terms

• moesin
• ezrin
• radixin

Anagrams

• Milner, limner

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??.l??/

Noun

merlin m (plural merlins)

1. splitting maul: an axe with a long handle, the blade of which is coupled with a broad side that can be used as a sledgehammer.

Further reading

• “merlin” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).