burbot

bur·bot

B0556400 (bûr′bət)n. pl. burbot or bur·bots A freshwater food fish (Lota lota) of northern regions of the Northern Hemisphere, closely related to and resembling the cod and having a long barbel on the chin. Also called cusk, eelpout.

[Middle English, from Old French borbote, from borbeter, to move about in mud.]

burbot

(ˈbɜːbət) n, pl -bots or -bot (Animals) a freshwater gadoid food fish, Lota lota, that has barbels around its mouth and occurs in Europe, Asia, and North America[C14: from Old French bourbotte, from bourbeter to wallow in mud, from bourbe mud, probably of Celtic origin]

bur•bot

(ˈbɜr bət)

n., pl. -bots, (esp. collectively) -bot. a freshwater cod, Lota lota, of Europe, Asia, and North America, having an elongated body and a barbel on the chin. [1425–75; Middle English < Middle French bourbotte]

Thesaurus

Noun

burbot - elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouthLota lota, eelpout, cusk, lingcodfish, cod - major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters

Translations

burbot

(bûr`bət): see codcod,
member of the large family Gadidae, comprising commercially important food fishes. The family, whose members are found in the N Atlantic and Pacific, includes the tomcods, the haddock, and the pollacks (or pollocks).
..... Click the link for more information. .

Burbot

(Lota lota), a freshwater fish of the family Gadidae. There are two dorsal fins, and the chin has antennae. The scales are minute. The body is up to 1.2 m long and weighs up to 32 kg. Burbot are found primarily in the rivers of Europe, Asia, and America above 45° N lat. They are active in cold water, becoming sluggish at temperatures above 16°C. Sexual maturity is attained in the third or fourth year; fertility is from 33, 000 to 5 million eggs. In the winter the roe are deposited under the ice; the slightly adhesive eggs stay on the bottom. Burbot are predators, feeding on fish and bottom invertebrates. They are commercially valuable.

burbot

a freshwater gadoid food fish, Lota lota, that has barbels around its mouth and occurs in Europe, Asia, and North America

burbot

bur·bot

burbot

bur•bot

burbot

burbot

Burbot

burbot

burbot

Synonyms for burbot

noun elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth

Synonyms

Related Words