noun.
A food fish (Brosme brosme) of North Atlantic coastal waters that is related to the cod.
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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
A local name in Great Britain of the torsk, a fish of the genus Brosmius, and in the United States of the burbot, Lota maculosa.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
A large, edible, marine fish (Brosmius brosme), allied to the cod, common on the northern coasts of Europe and America; -- called also tusk and torsk.
noun.
A marine cod-like fish in the ling family Lotidae, Brosme brosme.
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noun.
large edible marine fish of northern coastal waters; related to cod
noun.
elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth
noun.
the lean flesh of a cod-like fish of North Atlantic waters
Word Usage
"As is the case with most of the detached ridges in this gulf, the cusk is the most abundant of the fish present about the middle of March. continuing in good numbers through May."