CUSK

Meaning of CUSK in English

[cusk] n, pl cusk or cusks [prob. alter. of tusk, a kind of codfish] (1616) 1: a large edible No. Atlantic fish (Brosme brosme) of the cod family

2: burbot

Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012

CUSK — noun (plural ~ or ~s) Etymology: probably alteration of tusk, a kind of codfish Date: 1616 a large edible North …
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CUSK — or torsk Long-bodied food fish ( Brosme brosme ) of the cod family, found along the bottom of deep offshore …
Английский словарь Британика
CUSK — ˈkəsk noun ( plural cusk or cusks ) Etymology: probably alteration of tusk 1. : a large edible marine fish …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CUSK — (n.) A large, edible, marine fish (Brosmius brosme), allied to the cod, common on the northern coasts of Europe and …
Английский словарь Webster
CUSK — ( n. ) A large, edible, marine fish (Brosmius brosme), allied to the cod, common on the northern coasts of …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CUSK — /kusk/ , n. , pl. cusks , ( esp. collectively ) cusk . 1. an edible marine fish, Brosme brosme, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CUSK — noun ( plural cusk or cusks ) Etymology: probably alteration of tusk, a kind of codfish Date: 1616 1. : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CUSK — noun a large, edible, marine fish (brosmius brosme), allied to the cod, common on the northern coasts of europe and …
Webster English vocab
CUSK — [ kʌsk ] ■ noun another term for torsk . Origin C17: of unknown origin.
Concise Oxford English vocab
CUSK — also called torsk (Brosme brosme) long-bodied food fish of the cod family, Gadidae, found along the bottom in deep, offshore …
Britannica English vocabulary
CUSK — n. or torsk Long-bodied food fish ( Brosme brosme ) of the cod family, found along the bottom of deep …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CUSK — n. Torsk, tusk ( Brosmius vulgaris ).
Dictionary of English Synonyms
CUSK — Колбочки
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CUSK — Кейла
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CUSK
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CUSK — n. Pronunciation: ' k ə sk Function: noun Inflected Form: plural cusk or cusks Etymology: probably alteration of tusk, a …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
FRESHWATER CUSK — noun see freshwater cod
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SAND CUSK — noun : cusk eel
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CUSK EEL — noun : a fish of the family Ophidiidae
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CUSK-EEL — /kusk"eel'/ , n. , pl. ( esp. collectively ) cusk-eel , ( esp. referring to two or more kinds or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CUSK EEL — any of about 30 species of slim, eel-like marine fishes of the family Ophidiidae, found worldwide in warm and temperate …
Britannica English vocabulary
TUSK — I. ˈtəsk noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, alteration of tux, from Old English tūx; akin to Old English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KEELING — I. keeling present part of keel II. kee·ling ˈkēliŋ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English keling, perhaps of Scandinavian …
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OPHIDIIDAE — ˌäfəˈdīəˌdē, ˌōf- noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Ophidion, type genus (from Latin ophidion, fish resembling the conger, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KINGKLIP — ˈkiŋˌklip noun ( -s ) Etymology: short for kingklipfish, from king + klipfish; translation of Afrikaans koningklipvis : a mottled …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FRESHWATER COD — noun or freshwater cusk : burbot
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CONGRIO — ˈkäŋgrēˌō noun ( -s ) Etymology: Spanish, from Latin congr-, conger — more at conger : a large Chilean cusk …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TORSK — (n.) The cusk. See Cusk.
Английский словарь Webster
TORSK — ( n. ) The cusk. See Cusk.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TORSK — noun the codfish. called also tusk. 2. torsk ·noun the cusk. ·see cusk.
Webster English vocab
ОШИБНЕВЫЕ — 1) ихт. (Brotulidae) brotula 2) ихт. (Ophidiidae) cusk-eel 3) (Ophidiidae) cusk eels 4) ихт. (Ophidiidae) ophidium 5) ихт. (Ophidiidae) weaselfishes
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