turbot

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"I say, let him have it Oh, he shall have it if he likes," cried Will, as the turbot was thrown into the basket to set the skate flapping, and the gurnards curling their heads round towards their tails like cleaned whiting, and a regular scuffle took place Meanwhile the boat was forced on beneath the line and a whiting and a couple of small plaice were taken off.

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  1. noun A European flatfish, Scophthalmus maximus, that has a brown knobby upper side and is prized as food.
  2. noun Any of various flatfishes similar or related to this fish.

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  • The question is from who and to whom Remo looked at her skeptically Look, the turbot is the symbol of Canada's victory over Spain and other high-seas poachers. —  Destroyer 106: White Water
  • But see that my turbot is not too dry," Chiun admonished Of course, sir," the stewardess said smilingly. —  Destroyer 106: White Water
  • I only got a small bite of the bream, but like my turbot, I thought that sauce - here, a milky caviar velouté - really gave this dish a boost. —  WordPress.com News
  • Good point: only when Graham tells me the turbot is not fresh today do I notice. —  The Guardian World News
  • Minutes later, I'm back on the street, filled with mackerel, turbot, two freebie bacon-and-onion brioches, a glass of riesling, a gratuitous amuse-bouche of brie feuille with foie gras, espresso and a single Earl Grey petit four. —  The Guardian World News
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  1. Middle English turbut, from Old French tourbout, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Swedish törnbut : törn, thorn + but, flatfish; see bhau- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English also turbet, turbit, turbutte, etc.; from Middle English turbote, turbut (=Middle Dutch turbot, terbot, tarbot, D. tarbot); cf. Irish turbit =Gaelic turbaid =W. torbwt (prob. from English) =Breton turboden, turbozen (prob. from F.); from Old French turbot, a turbot, prob. from Latin turbo (turbin-), a top (cf. Middle Latin turbo, a turbot; Greek ῤόμβος, a top, also a turbot). The Middle English forms turbut, turbutte apparently simulate a connection with butt, which is contained in halibut.
 

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