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Definitions for Cusk

[1] an edible marine fish, Brosme brosme, of North Atlantic coastal waters.
[2] the burbot.
[3] US and Canadian a gadoid food fish, Brosmius brosme, of northern coastal waters, having a single long dorsal fin aslo called torsk

Words nearby Cusk

cushiony, cushitic, cushman, cushty, cushy, cusk, cusk-eel, cuso, cusp, cusp height, cuspal

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

Word origin for Cusk

C17: probably alteration of tusk of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse thorskr codfish