cuskn.
/kʌsk/ A local name for two different fishes of the cod tribe:
a. In Great Britain: the Torsk, Brosmius vulgaris.
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1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia vi. 216 Cuske or small Ling, Sharke, Mackarell.
1889 S. F. Baird Sea Fisheries Eastern N. Amer. 150 A patent has been taken out in the United States for the manufacture of shoes from the skin of the cusk (Brosmius vulgaris).
b. In U.S.: the Burbot, Lota maculosa.
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1867 J. G. Whittier Tent on Beach xxi Tough and dried As a lean cusk from Labrador.
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cusk-eel n. any of a number of mostly small deep-sea fishes of the family Ophidiidae, having modified whisker-like fins under the throat.
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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > superorder Paracanthopterygii > order Gadiformes (cod) > [noun] > family Gadidae > genus or member of genus Ophidium
Ophidion1706
snake-fish1796
brotulid1895
cusk-eel1905
1905 D. S. Jordan Guide Study of Fishes II. 520 The more important family of Ophidiidae, or cusk-eels, is characterized by the extremely anterior position of the ventral fins..,each one appearing as a long forked barbel.
1961 E. S. Herald Living Fishes of World 241/1 The slender cusk eels are similar in appearance to some of the common tide-pool eel-like blennies.
1989 New Scientist 25 Feb. 53/1 Male rattails and cusk eels of the continental slope use the swimbladder as a drum operated by large drumming muscles.
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