burbot

American

[bur-buht] / ˈbɜr bət /

noun

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

burbot British

/ ˈbɜːbət /

noun

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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noun

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

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Burbot, also called ling, lawyer, cusk, or eelpout, is the one and only freshwater member of the cod family.

From Time Magazine Archive

Burbot, bur′bot, n. a fresh-water fish, like the eel, having a longish beard on its lower jaw.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

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