cusk
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noun
- A codlike saltwater fish in the family Lotidae, Brosme brosme.
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Early 17th century; of unknown origin. Probably an alteration of torsk or tusk, a codlike fish, from Norwegian tosk, torsk; Old Norse thorskr, codfish.
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