/berr"beuht/ , n. , pl. burbots , ( esp. collectively ) burbot .
a freshwater cod, Lota lota, of Europe, Asia, and North America, having an elongated body and a barbel on the chin.
[ 1425-75; late ME bourbotte, var. of bourbete, deriv. of bourbeter to wallow in mud, equiv. to bourbe mud + -t- freq. suffix + -er inf. ending ]