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BURBOT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does burbot mean?
• BURBOT (noun)
The noun BURBOT has 1 sense:
1. elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth
Familiarity information: BURBOT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
burbot; cusk; eelpout; ling; Lota lota
Hypernyms ("burbot" is a kind of...):
cod; codfish (major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters)
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