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Cusk

Definition: Cusk

Cusk

Noun

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.

3. Elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

"Cusk" is a common misspelling or typo for: Cask, Cooks, Cues, Cusp, Cuss, Dusk.


Synonyms: Cusk

Synonyms: burbot (n), eelpout (n), ling (n), torsk (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Cusk

English words defined with "cusk": Brosmiusgenus Browmius. (references)

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Image Slideshow: Cusk

Illustrations:
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Photo Album: Cusk

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Plate 61. The Cusk. Brosmius brosme (Muller), White. The Burbot or "Freshwater Cusk." Lota maculosa (Le Seuer), C. & V. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection.

Plate 66. The Sand Cusk. Ophidium marginatum, De Kay. The Lant or Sand Eel. Ammodytes americanus, De Kay. The Onion Fish or Grenadier. Macruris rupestris, (Muller), Block. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Expressions: Cusk

Expression using "cusk": sand cusk. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "cusk": cusk-eel.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Cusk

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

cusk

12

cusk fish

2

cusk eel

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Cusk

Language Translations for "cusk"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

brosme (torsk, tusk). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

torsk (torsk, tusk). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

keila (pin, skittle). (various references)

   

French

  

tusk, torsk, loquette, brosmes, brosme, \USK. (various references)

   

German

  

Lumb (torsk, tusk), Brosme (torsk, tusk). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

μπρόσμιος (torsk, tusk). (various references)

   

Italian

  

brosmio (cusk(= fish), torsk, tusk), brosme (torsk, tusk). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

uskcay

   

Portuguese

  

bolota (acorn, pendant, trinket). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

brosmio (torsk, tusk). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

lubb (torsk, tusk). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Cusk

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

Brosme brosme, Brosme brosme (Ascanius), Brosmius brosme. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations: Cusk

Derivations

Words beginning with "cusk": cusks. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Cusk"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "cusk" (pronounced ku"sk)
3-u" s kbrusque, Busk, dusk, husk, musk, Rusk, tusk.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Cusk

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: suck.

Words within the letters "c-k-s-u"

-2 letters: us.

 Words containing the letters "c-k-s-u"
 

+1 letter: bucks, cukes, cusks, ducks, fucks, gucks, hucks, lucks, mucks, pucks, rucks, sculk, shuck, snuck, stuck, sucks, tucks, yucks.

 

+2 letters: amucks, buckos, caulks, chucks, chunks, clucks, clunks, crucks, plucks, quacks, quicks, ruckus, sculks, shmuck, shucks, struck, sucked, sucker, suckle, trucks.

 

+3 letters: backups, buckers, buckets, buckish, buckles, buckoes, buckras, bucksaw, chabuks, chukars, chukkas, cockups, cuckoos, duckers, duckies, fuckers, fuckups, huckles, kickups, lockups, luckies, mockups, muckers, muckles, pickups, puckers, puckish, ruckles, sackbut, sackful, sawbuck, schmuck, sculked, sculker, shmucks, shucked, shucker, sickout, stackup, stickum, stickup, suckers, sucking, suckled, suckler, suckles, sunback, sundeck, tuckers, tuckets, tussock, tussuck, umiacks, uncakes, uncocks, uncorks, undocks, unlocks, unpacks, unpicks, unstack, unstick, unstuck, untacks, untucks, upticks, waesuck.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Translations: Ancient
10. Derivations
11. Rhymes
12. Anagrams
13. Bibliography


  

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