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ˈtɜr bəttur·bot
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Princeton's WordNet
turbotnoun
flesh of a large European flatfish
turbot, Psetta maximanoun
a large brownish European flatfish
Wiktionary
turbotnoun
Any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae that are found in marine or brackish waters.
Etymology: From Old (and modern) turbot, from Old Swedish tornbut, from törn (“thorn”) + but (“butt, flatfish”).
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Turbotnoun
A delicate fish.
Etymology: turbot, French and Dutch.
Some fish are preserved fresh in vinegar, as turbot. Carew.
Of fishes you shall find in arms the whale, the salmon, the turbot. Henry Peacham.
Nor oysters of the Lucrine lake
My sober appetite would wish,
Nor turbot. Dryden.
Wikipedia
Turbot
The turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) is a relatively large species of flatfish in the family Scophthalmidae. It is a demersal fish native to marine or brackish waters of the Northeast Atlantic, Baltic Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. It is an important food fish. Turbot in the Black Sea have often been included in this species, but are now generally regarded as separate, the Black Sea turbot or kalkan (S. maeoticus). True turbot are not found in the Northwest Atlantic; the "turbot" of that region, which was involved in the so-called "Turbot War" between Canada and Spain, is the Greenland halibut or Greenland turbot (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides).
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turbot
Turbot is a species of flatfish primarily found in sandy or muddy seabed of the North Atlantic. It is considered a highly valued food fish often used in gourmet cuisine due to its firm, white flesh and delicate flavor. Turbot can also refer to a variety of similar species of flatfish in other regions.
Webster Dictionary
Turbotnoun
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
Turbotnoun
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
Turbotnoun
the filefish; -- so called in Bermuda
Turbotnoun
the trigger fish
Wikidata
Turbot
The turbot is a species of flatfish in the family Scophthalmidae. It is a demersal fish native to marine or brackish waters of the North Atlantic, Baltic Sea and the Mediterranean Sea.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Turbot
tur′bot, n. a highly esteemed food-fish of the genus Rhombus and family Pleuronectidæ or Flat-fishes, abundant in the North Sea. [O. Fr., turbot, prob. formed from L. turbo, a spinning-top.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
turbot
The Pleuronectes maximus, a flat fish in the highest esteem with all ichthyophagi.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of turbot in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of turbot in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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