Bŭr'bot, n.

n. [Fr. barbote, from barbe, beard.] (Ichth.) A fish of the genus Lota, shaped like an eel, but shorter and thicker, with a flat head, having on the nose two small beards, and another on the chin.

☞ The fish is sometimes called an eel-pout. The Lota vulgaris is a common European species, and there are several American species, as the L. maculosa of Lake Erie, and L. compressa of Connecticut.