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Definition of Turbot

1. Noun. Flesh of a large European flatfish.

Definition of Turbot

1. n. 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.

Definition of Turbot

1. Noun. Any of various flatfishes of family ''Scophthalmidae'' that are found in marine or brackish waters. ¹

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Definition of Turbot

1. a European flatfish [n -S]

Medical Definition of Turbot

1. A large European flounder (Rhombus maximus) highly esteemed as a food fish. It often weighs from thirty to forty pounds. Its colour 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. 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. The filefish; so called in Bermuda. The trigger fish. Spotted turbot. See Windowpane. Origin: F.; probably so named from its shape, and from L. Turbo a top, a whirl. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Turbot

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

1. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"Though not uncommon on the coasts of Great Britain, most of the turbot sold in the English markets are caught by Dutch fishermen on the long line of sandy ..."

2. A New System of Domestic Cookery: Formed Upon Principles of Economy and by Maria Eliza Ketelby Rundell (1824)
"turbot. If necessary, turbot will keep a couple of days, or more, ... To boil turbot. The turbot-kettle must be of a proper size, and in the nicest order. ..."

3. European and American Cuisine by Mrs. Gesine Knubel Lemcke, Gesine Lemcke (1914)
"turbot. In season—the English from January to March - the American from ... turbot belongs to the flatfish family. The European turbot, the finest of the ..."

4. The Life of Nelson: The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain by Alfred Thayer Mahan (1897)
"The turbot having opened a communication, the effect was wonderful. ... Yes, my lord, I well recollect your great desire to catch a turbot, ..."

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