cusk

cusk

C0822500 (kŭsk)n. pl. cusk or cusks 1. A food fish (Brosme brosme) of North Atlantic coastal waters that is related to the cod. Also called torsk, tusk².2. See burbot.

---

[Probably alteration of tusk.]

cusk

(kʌsk) n, pl cusks or cusk (Animals) US and Canadian a gadoid food fish, Brosmius brosme, of northern coastal waters, having a single long dorsal fin. Also called torsk[C17: probably alteration of tusk of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse thorskr codfish]

cusk

(kʌsk)

n., pl. cusks, (esp. collectively) cusk. an edible North American codlike fish, Brosme brosme. [1610–20, Amer.; probably variant of tusk kind of fish < Scandinavian; compare Norwegian to(r)sk, c. Old Norse thorskr codfish]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cusk - the lean flesh of a cod-like fish of North Atlantic watersBrosme brosme, torsk, cusk - large edible marine fish of northern coastal waters; related to codsaltwater fish - flesh of fish from the sea used as food
	2.	cusk - large edible marine fish of northern coastal waters; related to codBrosme brosme, torskgadoid, gadoid fish - a soft-finned fish of the family Gadidaecusk - the lean flesh of a cod-like fish of North Atlantic waters
	3.	cusk - elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouthburbot, Lota lota, eelpout, lingcodfish, cod - major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters

Translations

lotte