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Large edible marine fish of northern coastal waters
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cusk
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cusk \Cusk\ (k[u^]sk), n. (Zo["o]l.) A large, edible, marine fish ( Brosmius brosme ), allied to the cod, common on the northern coasts of Europe and America; -- called also tusk and torsk .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A marine cod-like fish in the ling family Lotidae, (taxlink Brosme brosme species noshow=1).
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Cusk may refer to: Cusk (fish) , a fish of the northern Atlantic Ocean in the genus Brosme USS Cusk (SS-348) , a submarine Burbot , a fish of the northern polar oceans in the genus Lota One of various species of fish in the cusk eel family
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the lean flesh of a cod-like fish of North Atlantic waters large edible marine fish of northern coastal waters; related to cod [syn: torsk , Brosme brosme ] elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its ...
Usage examples of cusk.
Instead of tender cod or delicate flounder, he harvested chewy pout, or cusk or butterfish or froglike monkfish and lumpfish.
Mealy, unpalatable fishes the like of which I have never before heard, with names like monkfish, cusk and hagfish.
Mealy, unpalatable fishes the like of which I have never before heard, with names like monkfish, cusk and hagfish.