cusk

English

Etymology

You can help Wiktionary by providing a proper etymology. Early 17th century; of unknown origin. Probably an alteration of torsk or tusk, a codlike fish, from Norwegian tosk, torsk; Old Norse thorskr, codfish.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ʌsk

Noun

cusk (plural cusks)

A marine cod-like fish in the ling family Lotidae, Brosme brosme.

Synonyms

(cod-like fish): brismak, brosmius, moonfish, torsk, tusk

Translations

cod-like fish

Danish: brosme
Estonian: brosme
Faroese: brosma f
Finnish: keila (fi)
German: Lumb m
Icelandic: keila (is)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: brosme (no) m, f

Nynorsk: brosme f

Old Norse: brosma f
Polish: brosma f
Russian: менёк m (menjók)
Spanish: brosmio m
Swedish: lubb c

Anagrams

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