a large, marine, gadoid fish (molva vulgaris) of northern europe and greenland. it is valued as a food fish and is largely salted and dried. called also drizzle.-the burbot of lake ontario.-an american hake of the genus phycis.-a new zealand food fish of the genus genypterus. the name is also locally applied to other fishes, as the cultus cod, the mutton fish, and the cobia.-heather (calluna vulgaris).