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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BUR'BOT, n. [from L. barbatus, so named from its beard.]
A fish of the genus Gadus,shaped like an eel, but shorter, with a flat head, and on the nose it has two small beards, and another on the chin. It is disgusting in appearance, but delicate food. It is called also eel-pout.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth [syn: burbot, eelpout, ling, cusk, Lota lota]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural burbot; also burbots) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Old French borbeter to stir up mud Date: 14th century a Holarctic freshwater bony fish (Lota lota) of the cod family having barbels on the nose and chin

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. an eel-like flat-headed bearded freshwater fish, Lota lota. Etymology: ME: cf. OF barbote

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Burbot Bur"bot, n. [F. barbote, fr. barbe beard. See 1st Barb.] (Zo["o]l.) A fresh-water fish of the genus Lota, having on the nose two very small barbels, and a larger one on the chin. [Written also burbolt.] Note: The fish is also called an eelpout or ling, and is allied to the codfish. The Lota vulgaris is a common European species. An American species (L. maculosa) is found in New England, the Great Lakes, and farther north.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Eel-pout, Coney-fish (Lota vulgaris).