cusk

(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.]

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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]

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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]

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Noun	1.	cusk - the lean flesh of a cod-like fish of North Atlantic waters Brosme brosme, torsk, cusk - large edible marine fish of northern coastal waters; related to cod saltwater fish - flesh of fish from the sea used as food
	2.	cusk - large edible marine fish of northern coastal waters; related to cod Brosme brosme, torsk gadoid, gadoid fish - a soft-finned fish of the family Gadidae cusk - 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 mouth burbot, Lota lota, eelpout, ling codfish, cod - major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters

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