Definition of Turbits

1. turbit [n] - See also: turbit

Lexicographical Neighbors of Turbits

turbined
turbinelike
turbinella
turbinellas
turbines
turbinite
turbinites
turbinoid
turbinotome
turbinotomy
turbit
turbite
turbites
turbith
turbiths
turbits (current term)
turbo
turbo-
turbo-propeller plane
turboalternator
turbocar
turbocars
turbocharge
turbocharged
turbocharger
turbochargers
turbocharges
turbocharging
turbocompressor
turbocompressors

Literary usage of Turbits

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Country Gentlemen (1876)
"... for a more charming sight it is a difficulty to imagine, for there at a whistle come oat into the open yard turbits of all colours—peak-headed, ..."

2. A History of the Earth and Animated Nature ...: With Numerous Notes from the by Oliver Goldsmith (1857)
"... runts, turbits : all birds that at first might have accidentally varied from the stock-dove ; and then, by having these varieties still heightened by ..."

3. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication by Charles Darwin (1899)
"27) The latter author has, however, mad« some vague statements (s. '2'_') on the sterility of turbits when crossed with certain ..."

4. Charles Darwin's Works by Charles Darwin (1896)
"ES Dixon's explanation of such statements is correct, viz. that individual birds both with turbits and other breeds are occasionally sterile. ..."

5. The Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Home Farmer (1881)
"turbits are peculiarly Pigeons of the amateur; not that there is any want of fine specimens in the hands of dealers, but somehow this variety has long ..."

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