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单词 burbot
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burbot

[ bur-buht ]
/ ˈbɜr bət /

noun, plural bur·bots, (especially collectively) bur·bot.

a freshwater cod, Lota lota, of Europe, Asia, and North America, having an elongated body and a barbel on the chin.

Origin of burbot

1425–75; late Middle English <Middle French bourbotte, variant of bourbete, derivative of bourbeter to wallow in mud, equivalent to bourbe mud + -t- frequentative suffix + -er infinitive ending

Words nearby burbot

Burbage, Burbank, Burberry, Burbidge, burble, burbot, 'burbs, Burchfield, Burckhardt, bur clover, bur cucumber
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Example sentences from the Web for burbot

  • Pike were also taken in the net, and a species of burbot (Gadus lota).

    The Young Voyageurs|Mayne Reid
  • The methy is another common fish; it is the gadus lota, or burbot, of Europe.

    Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 1|John Franklin
  • The burbot and grey mullet are occasionally eaten, but they taste of mud, and are not in request.

    Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon|J. Emerson Tennent

British Dictionary definitions for burbot

burbot
/ (ˈbɜːbət) /

noun plural -bots or -bot

a freshwater gadoid food fish, Lota lota, that has barbels around its mouth and occurs in Europe, Asia, and North America

Word Origin for burbot

C14: from Old French bourbotte, from bourbeter to wallow in mud, from bourbe mud, probably of Celtic origin
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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