cusk
[ kuhsk ]
/ kʌsk /
noun, plural cusks, (especially collectively) cusk.
an edible marine fish, Brosme brosme, of North Atlantic coastal waters.
the burbot.
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Origin of cusk
1610–20, Americanism; probably variant of tusk kind of fish <Scandinavian; compare Norwegian tosk, variant of torsk, cognate with Old Norse thorskr codfish
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British Dictionary definitions for cusk
cusk
/ (kʌsk) /
noun plural cusks or cusk
US and Canadian a gadoid food fish, Brosmius brosme, of northern coastal waters, having a single long dorsal finaslo called torsk
Word Origin for cusk
C17: probably alteration of tusk of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse thorskr codfish
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