cusk
See also: чушк
English
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, Lua error in Module:parameters at line 797: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template..
- 1999, Lucy Honig, The Truly Needy And Other Stories, University of Pittsburgh Press (→ISBN), page 89:
- He suggested cusk, because he knew they would have it. She had never heard of cusk. “Doesn't it sound exotic!” she said. “Exotic indeed!” he laughed, and almost told her what a humdrum fish it really was, but stopped himself.
- 1999, Lucy Honig, The Truly Needy And Other Stories, University of Pittsburgh Press (→ISBN), page 89:
Synonyms
- (cod-like fish): brismak(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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Translations
cod-like fish
Further reading
cusk (fish) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia