- turbot
- tur|bot [ `tɜrbət ] noun counta large flat sea fish that lives in the northern part of the worlda. uncount this fish eaten as food
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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 — 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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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
