Turbot

Turbot
Turbot Tur"bot, n. [F.; -- probably so named from its shape, and from L. turbo a top, a whirl.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) A large European flounder ({Rhombus maximus}) highly esteemed as a food fish. It often weighs from thirty to forty pounds. Its color on the upper side is brownish with small roundish tubercles scattered over the surface. The lower, or blind, side is white. Called also {bannock fluke}. (b) Any one of numerous species of flounders more or less related to the true turbots, as the American plaice, or summer flounder (see {Flounder}), the halibut, and the diamond flounder ({Hypsopsetta guttulata}) of California. (c) The filefish; -- so called in Bermuda. (d) The trigger fish. [1913 Webster]

{Spotted turbot}. See {Windowpane}. [1913 Webster]


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  • turbot — [ tyrbo ] n. m. • 1393; en norm. 1215; turbut déb. XIIe; anc. nord. °thorn butr, littéralt « barbue (butr) à épines (thorn) » ♦ Zool. Poisson marin plat des côtes européennes (pleuronectiformes), à la chair très estimée. Turbot grillé sauce… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • turbot — TURBOT. s. m. Sorte de poisson de mer du genre des poissons plats, & qui est excellent à manger. Grand turbot. turbot fort épais …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • turbot — [tʉr′bət] n. pl. turbot or turbots [ME turbut < OFr tourbout, prob. < OSwed törnbut < törn, thorn (akin to THORN) + but, BUTT1 (so named from the spines)] any of various flounders, highly valued as food …   English World dictionary

  • Turbot — Turbot, so v.w. Flunderscholle …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Turbot — Turbot, s. Schollen, S. 943 …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Turbot — Turbot, Fisch, s. Schollen …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • turbot — (n.) large flat fish, c.1300, from O.Fr. turbut (12c.), probably from a Scandinavian source (Cf. O.Swed. törnbut, from törn thorn + but flatfish; see HALIBUT (Cf. halibut)). But OED says of uncertain origin and speculates on a connection to L.… …   Etymology dictionary

  • turbot — Turbot, espece de poisson de mer, Rhombus …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • turbot — ► NOUN (pl. same or turbots) ▪ a flatfish of inshore waters, which has large bony tubercles on the body and is prized as food. ORIGIN Scandinavian …   English terms dictionary

  • Turbot — Taxobox name = Turbot image width = 250px image caption = Psetta maxima regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Pleuronectiformes familia = Scophthalmidae subdivision ranks = Genera subdivision = Psetta Turbot (family… …   Wikipedia

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