burbot

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/ˈbɜ(ɹ).bət/

noun

A freshwater fish, taxonomic name Lota lota, which is similar to the ling and the cusk and spawns in the winter.

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eel-poutlake lawyerlawyereelpoutlingcuskLota lota
OriginFrench barbote ← Latin barba →
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Meanings

nounburbot (plural burbots)

plural burbots

  1. A freshwater fish, taxonomic name Lota lota, which is similar to the ling and the cusk and spawns in the winter.

    Synonyms: eel-pout, lake lawyer, lawyer

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA freshwater fish, taxonomic name Lota lota, which is similar to the ling and the cusk and spawns in the winter.

Similar
eel-poutlake lawyerlawyer

More synonyms by meaning

nounelongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth

Similar
eelpoutlingcuskLota lota
Broader
codcodfish
Also see
cuskeelpoutling

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinbarba“a beard”
  2. Frenchbarbote
  3. Englishburbot

Borrowed from French barbote, from Latin barba (“a beard”). Displaced native eelpout.

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Translations

Bulgarian налим, михалица
  • налим (nalim)a freshwater fish: Lota lota
  • михалица (mihalica)a freshwater fish: Lota lota
Catalan lota
  • lotaa freshwater fish: Lota lota
Chinese Mandarin 江鱈 /江鳕, 山鯰魚 /山鲶鱼
  • 江鱈 /江鳕 (jiāngxuě)a freshwater fish: Lota lota
  • 山鯰魚 /山鲶鱼 (shānniányú)a freshwater fish: Lota lota
  • 花鯰魚 /花鲶鱼 (huāniányú)a freshwater fish: Lota lota
Czech mník
  • mníka freshwater fish: Lota lota
Dutch kwabaal
  • kwabaala freshwater fish: Lota lota
Esperanto lojto
  • lojtoa freshwater fish: Lota lota
Estonian luts
  • lutsa freshwater fish: Lota lota
Finnish made
  • madea freshwater fish: Lota lota
French lote, lotte
  • lotea freshwater fish: Lota lota
  • lottea freshwater fish: Lota lota
German Quappe, Aalquappe
  • Quappea freshwater fish: Lota lota
  • Aalquappea freshwater fish: Lota lota
  • Trüschea freshwater fish: Lota lota
Greek λότα η ποταμία
  • λότα η ποταμία (lóta i potamía)a freshwater fish: Lota lota
Hungarian menyhal
  • menyhala freshwater fish: Lota lota
Italian bottatrice
  • bottatricea freshwater fish: Lota lota
Korean 모오케
  • 모오케 (mooke)a freshwater fish: Lota lota
Norwegian lake
  • lakea freshwater fish: Lota lota
Polish miętus
  • miętusa freshwater fish: Lota lota
Russian нали́м
  • нали́м (nalím)a freshwater fish: Lota lota
Slovak mieň
  • mieňa freshwater fish: Lota lota
Spanish lota
  • lotaa freshwater fish: Lota lota
Swedish lake, slemhelge
  • lakea freshwater fish: Lota lota
  • slemhelgea freshwater fish: Lota lota
Turkish tatlı su gelinciği
  • tatlı su gelinciğia freshwater fish: Lota lota
Welsh llofen, llofenan
  • llofena freshwater fish: Lota lota
  • llofenana freshwater fish: Lota lota
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APA

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Chicago

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