Meaning

1 senses
  1. A freshwater fish, taxonomic name Lota lota, which is similar to the ling and the cusk and spawns in the winter.

    Quappe, Aalquappe, Trüsche

    нали́мnalím

More definitions
  • elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth

Examples

1 sentences
  1. The burbot is a valued food fish.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
a freshwater fish: Lota lota:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a freshwater fish: Lota lota:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: burbots
Singularburbot
Pluralburbots

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth:eelpoutlingcuskLota lota

See also

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