CUSK


Meaning of CUSK in English

/kusk/ , n. , pl. cusks , ( esp. collectively ) cusk .

1. an edible marine fish, Brosme brosme, of North Atlantic coastal waters.

2. the burbot.

[ 1610-20, Amer.; prob. var. of tusk kind of fish tosk, var. of TORSK, c. ON thorskr codfish ]

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