turbot

  • 11Turbot — 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… …

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  • 12Turbot —  Pour l’article homophone, voir Turbo. Turbot …

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  • 13turbot — /terr beuht/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) turbot, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) turbots. 1. a European flatfish, Psetta maxima, having a diamond shaped body: valued as a food fish. 2. any of several other flatfishes. 3. a… …

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  • 14turbot — [[t]tɜ͟ː(r)bət[/t]] N VAR (turbot is both the singular and the plural form.) Turbot are a type of edible flat fish that live in European seas. N UNCOUNT Turbot is this fish eaten as food. ...a fillet of turbot with mushrooms …

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  • 15TURBOT — s. m. Poisson de mer du genre des poissons plats. Le turbot est excellent à manger. Turbot à la sauce blanche. Turbot à l huile …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 16turbot — [13] The turbot is etymologically the ‘thorn flatfish’. Its name comes via Old French turbot from Old Swedish törnbut ‘turbot’. This was a compound noun formed from törn ‘thorn’ (a relative of English thorn) and but ‘flatfish’, a borrowing from… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 17turbot — UK [ˈtɜː(r)bət] / US [ˈtɜrbət] noun [countable] Word forms turbot : singular turbot plural turbots or turbot a) a large flat sea fish that lives in the northern part of the world b) [uncountable] this fish eaten as food …

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  • 18turbot — [13] The turbot is etymologically the ‘thorn flatfish’. Its name comes via Old French turbot from Old Swedish törnbut ‘turbot’. This was a compound noun formed from törn ‘thorn’ (a relative of English thorn) and but ‘flatfish’, a borrowing from… …

    Word origins

  • 19turbot — noun (plural turbot; also turbots) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French turbut Date: 14th century 1. a large European flatfish (Psetta maxima) that is a popular food fish and has a brownish upper surface marked with scattered tubercles… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 20turbot — (tur bo ; le t ne se lie pas) s. m. Poisson de mer, malacoptérygiens, de la famille des pleuronectes, pleuronectes maximus, L. qui est alimentaire. •   Et le turbot fut mis à la sauce piquante, BERCHOUX Gastronom.. HISTORIQUE    XIVe s.… …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré