bur·bot (bûr b t)n. pl. burbot or bur·bots A freshwater food fish (Lota lota) of the Northern Hemisphere, related to and resembling the cod and having barbels on the nose and chin. Also called cusk, eelpout. [Middle English, from Old French borbote, from borbeter, to move about in mud.] |
burbot [ˈbɜːbət]
n pl -bots, -bot
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a freshwater gadoid food fish, Lota lota, that has barbels around its mouth and occurs in Europe, Asia, and North America
[from Old French bourbotte, from bourbeter to wallow in mud, from bourbe mud, probably of Celtic origin]
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