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Definition: Cusk |
CuskNoun1. The lean flesh of a cod-like fish of North Atlantic waters. 2. Large edible marine fish of northern coastal waters; related to cod. 3. Elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: CuskSynonyms: burbot (n), eelpout (n), ling (n), torsk (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Cusk |
| English words defined with "cusk": Brosmius ♦ genus Browmius. (references) |
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![]() | Plate 61. The Cusk. Brosmius brosme (Muller), White. The Burbot or "Freshwater Cusk." Lota maculosa (Le Seuer), C. & V. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection. | ![]() | Plate 66. The Sand Cusk. Ophidium marginatum, De Kay. The Lant or Sand Eel. Ammodytes americanus, De Kay. The Onion Fish or Grenadier. Macruris rupestris, (Muller), Block. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
Expression using "cusk": sand cusk. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "cusk": cusk-eel. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
cusk | 12 |
cusk fish | 2 |
cusk eel | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "cusk"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | brosme (torsk, tusk). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | torsk (torsk, tusk). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | keila (pin, skittle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | tusk, torsk, loquette, brosmes, brosme, \USK. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Lumb (torsk, tusk), Brosme (torsk, tusk). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μπρόσμιος (torsk, tusk). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | brosmio (cusk(= fish), torsk, tusk), brosme (torsk, tusk). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | uskcay bolota (acorn, pendant, trinket). (various references) brosmio (torsk, tusk). (various references) lubb (torsk, tusk). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Brosme brosme, Brosme brosme (Ascanius), Brosmius brosme. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "cusk": cusks. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "cusk" (pronounced ku"sk) |
| 3 | -u" s k | brusque, Busk, dusk, husk, musk, Rusk, tusk. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: suck. | |
| Words within the letters "c-k-s-u" | |
-2 letters: us. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-k-s-u" | |
+1 letter: bucks, cukes, cusks, ducks, fucks, gucks, hucks, lucks, mucks, pucks, rucks, sculk, shuck, snuck, stuck, sucks, tucks, yucks. | |
+2 letters: amucks, buckos, caulks, chucks, chunks, clucks, clunks, crucks, plucks, quacks, quicks, ruckus, sculks, shmuck, shucks, struck, sucked, sucker, suckle, trucks. | |
+3 letters: backups, buckers, buckets, buckish, buckles, buckoes, buckras, bucksaw, chabuks, chukars, chukkas, cockups, cuckoos, duckers, duckies, fuckers, fuckups, huckles, kickups, lockups, luckies, mockups, muckers, muckles, pickups, puckers, puckish, ruckles, sackbut, sackful, sawbuck, schmuck, sculked, sculker, shmucks, shucked, shucker, sickout, stackup, stickum, stickup, suckers, sucking, suckled, suckler, suckles, sunback, sundeck, tuckers, tuckets, tussock, tussuck, umiacks, uncakes, uncocks, uncorks, undocks, unlocks, unpacks, unpicks, unstack, unstick, unstuck, untacks, untucks, upticks, waesuck. | |
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