burbot

American  

[bur-buht] / ˈbɜr bət /

noun

plural

burbots,

plural

burbot

1. a freshwater cod, Lota lota, of Europe, Asia, and North America, having an elongated body and a barbel on the chin.

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burbot British  

/ ˈbɜːbət /

noun

1. a freshwater gadoid food fish, Lota lota , that has barbels around its mouth and occurs in Europe, Asia, and North America

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Etymology

Origin of burbot

1425–75; late Middle English < Middle French bourbotte, variant of bourbete, derivative of bourbeter to wallow in mud, equivalent to bourbe mud + -t- frequentative suffix + -er infinitive ending

Example Sentences

The Kootenai band in Bonners Ferry, Idaho, has a long-term program to restore burbot to the Kootenai River.

From New York Times • Jul. 11, 2023

His father quickly dispatches five prized white fish and a slimy looking burbot ensnared in the net.

From The Guardian • Feb. 23, 2019

He joked that he replaced turbot with burbot, a cheaper fish, and forsook truffles but not imagination.

From Washington Post • Jun. 27, 2017

On Washington Island, the specialty at KK Fiske is fried burbot, a codlike lakefish also known as a “lawyer.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 14, 2016

The methy is another common fish; it is the gadus lota, or burbot, of Europe.

From Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 1 by Franklin, John