Meanings
plural cusks
- A codlike saltwater fish in the family Lotidae, Brosme brosme.
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 & antonyms
nounA codlike saltwater fish in the family Lotidae, Brosme brosme.
More synonyms by meaning
nounlarge edible marine fish of northern coastal waters; related to cod
nounelongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian меньок
- меньок (menjok)cod-like fish
Danish brosme
- brosmecod-like fish
Estonian brosme
- brosmecod-like fish
Finnish keila
- keilacod-like fish
German Lumb
- Lumbcod-like fish
Hungarian norvég menyhal
- norvég menyhalcod-like fish
Icelandic keila
- keilacod-like fish
Norwegian Bokmål brosme
- brosmecod-like fish
Polish brosma
- brosmacod-like fish
Russian менёк
- менёк (menjók)cod-like fish
Spanish brosmio
- brosmiocod-like fish
Swedish lubb
- lubbcod-like fish
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
cusk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cusk
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