cusk

American  

[kuhsk] / kʌsk /

noun

• cusks,
  plural
• cusk
  plural

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

2. the burbot.

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cusk British  

/ kʌsk /

noun

1. a gadoid food fish, Brosmius brosme, of northern coastal waters, having a single long dorsal fin aslo called torsk

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• cusk
  plural
• cusks
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of cusk

An Americanism dating back to 1610–20; probably a variant of tusk, a kind of fish, from Scandinavian; compare Norwegian tosk, variant of torsk, cognate with Old Norse thorskr “cod, codfish”

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Example Sentences

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cusk

Usually found in deep water, the adult gargoyle cusk eel is extremely rare and represents the only member of its genus.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 8, 2022

Mike and I groan, thinking back on all the time and energy we’ve wasted chipping out iced-over cusk lines with crowbars.

From New York Times ● Mar. 4, 2020

The work on cod is finished, data on haddock is being analyzed and the work on cusk will continue until 2017, Mandelman said.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 21, 2015

Eel-like fish called cusk eels are frequently spotted at this depth, and deeper.

From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2014

Fishing here is from May until July for codfish and pollock: hake and cusk are in the deep water in the spring months and halibut on the shoal in July and September.

From Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine by Walter H. Rich

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