burbot

Meanings

Plural: burbots

Noun

elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth
A freshwater fish, taxonomic name Lota lota, which is similar to the ling and the cusk and spawns in the winter.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

cusk, eel-pout, eelpout, lake lawyer, lawyer, ling, Lota lota

Scrabble Score: 10

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Words With Friends Score: 13

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