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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the lean flesh of a cod-like fish of North Atlantic waters
2: large edible marine fish of northern coastal waters; related to cod [syn: cusk, torsk, Brosme brosme]
3: 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 cusk or cusks) Etymology: probably alteration of tusk, a kind of codfish Date: 1616 1. a large edible North Atlantic fish (Brosme brosme) of the cod family 2. burbot

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Cusk Cusk (k?sk), n. (Zo["o]l.) A large, edible, marine fish (Brosmius brosme), allied to the cod, common on the northern coasts of Europe and America; -- called also tusk and torsk.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Torsk, tusk (Brosmius vulgaris).