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Meanings of burbot in English

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

Synonyms
Examples for "ling"
Examples for "ling"
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Bing-a-ling-a-ling… The bell has rung; it is a new dawn in Jamaica.
Jamaica Observer
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For the last ten years I have been at the ling fishing.
Second Shetland Truck System Report
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There is no ling fishing carried on close to where I live.
Second Shetland Truck System Report
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Next came a ling- adeepwater fish at any rate this time.
The Great Hunger
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As with cod, ling was preserved by salting and drying the fillets.
The Irish Times
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Cod and cusk are taken in the spring, haddock in May and June.
Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine
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The principal fishes taken are cod and cusk in the spring, summer and fall.
Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine
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This is said to be a good cod and cusk ground the year round.
Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine
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Cod, cusk and hake are found here the year around.
Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine
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Any kind of light fish-thatis, cod, cusk, flounder, etc.
Miss Parloa's New Cook Book
Usage of burbot in English
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Facebook Twitter Pinterest The burbot is a predator with a taste for trout.
The Guardian
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River fish included eels, pike, minnows, burbot, trout, and lampreys.
Our Legal Heritage, King AEthelbert, 596 to King George III, 177...
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The methy is another common fish; it is the Gadus lota, or burbot, of Europe.
The Journey to the Polar Sea
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The burbot and grey mullet are occasionally eaten, but they taste of mud, and are not in request.
Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon
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Almost every part will be used by the family, with even the burbot's muddy-green scales destined for his mother's handicrafts.
The Guardian
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The burbot, much-maligned for its unprepossessing appearance with a fleshy appendage dangling from its chin, was last sighted in British rivers in 1969.
The Guardian
Burbot through the time