cusk

cusk  (ksk)

n. pl. cusk or cusks

1. A food fish (Brosme brosme) of North Atlantic coastal waters that is related to the cod.

2. See burbot.

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[Probably alteration of tusk, a kind of codfish, perhaps from dialectal Norwegian, variant of Norwegian torsk, tosk, from Old Norse thorskr; see ters- in Indo-European roots.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cusk - the lean flesh of a cod-like fish of North Atlantic waters Brosme brosme, torsk, cusk - large edible marine fish of northern coastal waters; related to cod saltwater fish - flesh of fish from the sea used as food
	2.	cusk - large edible marine fish of northern coastal waters; related to cod Brosme brosme, torsk gadoid, gadoid fish - a soft-finned fish of the family Gadidae cusk - the lean flesh of a cod-like fish of North Atlantic waters
	3.	cusk - elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth burbot, Lota lota, eelpout, ling codfish, cod - major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters