Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cusk

3 senses of cusk

Sense 1
cusk -- (the lean flesh of a cod-like fish of North Atlantic waters)
       => saltwater fish -- (flesh of fish from the sea used as food)

Sense 2
cusk, torsk, Brosme brosme -- (large edible marine fish of northern coastal waters; related to cod)
       => gadoid, gadoid fish -- (a soft-finned fish of the family Gadidae)

Sense 3
burbot, eelpout, ling, cusk, Lota lota -- (elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth)
       => cod, codfish -- (major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters)