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noun bur·bot \ ˈbər-bət \

Definition of burbot

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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All are apt descriptions for a 19-pound, 11-ounce eelpout (aka burbot, aka lawyer, lingcod, cusk and a host of other unbecoming nicknames) caught by Brent Getzler of Roosevelt.

— dave orrick, Twin Cities, "Fat burbot: MN man sets record for biggest eelpout. (That’s a fish.)," 5 Jan. 2017

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Origin and Etymology of burbot

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Old French borbeter to stir up mud

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