What does "eelpout" mean?

Any fish of the family Zoarcidae.

What is a synonym for "eelpout"?

Common synonyms include: american eelpout, american pout, burbot, cusk, dogfish, fish.

noun

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Noun

1
Any fish of the family Zoarcidae.
2
elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth wordnet
3
A yellow flower of uncertain type, possibly the eel-ware, Ranunculus fluitans. obsolete
4
marine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seas wordnet

From Old English ǣleputa, equivalent to eel + pout.