plural burbot also burbots
: a Holarctic freshwater bony fish (Lota lota) of the cod family having barbels on the nose and chin
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Here’s a clip from a Season 19 episode where Holmes returns to his old homestead and fishes for burbot.
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Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 14 Mar. 2025
Lake trout and burbot populations have increased, including a 2024 pronouncement that lake trout in Lake Superior have fully recovered.
—Paul A. Smith, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025
The Kootenai band in Bonners Ferry, Idaho, has a long-term program to restore burbot to the Kootenai River.
—Jim Robbins, New York Times, 11 July 2023
The primary culprit was the sea lamprey, a parasitic aquatic invasive species which devastated lake trout and burbot populations in the lake.
—Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 23 Feb. 2023
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Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 14 Mar. 2025
Lake trout and burbot populations have increased, including a 2024 pronouncement that lake trout in Lake Superior have fully recovered.
—Paul A. Smith, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025
The Kootenai band in Bonners Ferry, Idaho, has a long-term program to restore burbot to the Kootenai River.
—Jim Robbins, New York Times, 11 July 2023
The primary culprit was the sea lamprey, a parasitic aquatic invasive species which devastated lake trout and burbot populations in the lake.
—Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 23 Feb. 2023
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“Burbot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/burbot. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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