DCHP-3

land cod

Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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the burbot, Lota lota.

Quotations

1784
Allied to this is the Mathemeg of the natives, the Land Cod of the English, a fish abundant in the northerly lakes; it grows to the length of three feet, and the weight of twelve pounds: has three beards on the lower jaw; the middlemost the longest: the back is brownish, the belly grey.