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Synonyms for burbot

Most common

ling cusk eelpout lake lawyer

All synonyms

Noun

1. Ling

ling, cusk, eelpout

Other

lawyer informal UK, lake lawyer

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A freshwater fish, taxonomic name Lota lota, which is similar to the ling and the cusk and spawns in the winter.

Forms

Plural
burbots → lings, cusks, eelpouts, lawyers…

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
burbotfalling
lingfalling
cuskfalling
eelpoutsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
ling1, cusk1
6 letters
lawyer2
7 letters
eelpout2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (lawyer2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
lotte
Deutsch
Kaulquappe