cusk

See also: чушк

English

Early 17th century; of unknown origin. Probably an alteration of torsk or tusk, a codlike fish, from Norwegian tosk, torsk; Old Norse thorskr, codfish.

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..
Synonyms: moonfish, torsk, tusk
- 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.

(cod-like fish): brismak^{(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace {{vern}} with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.)}, brosmius

cod-like fish