turbot

  • 41turbot — noun (plural same or turbots) a flatfish of inshore waters, which has large bony tubercles on the body and is prized as food. [Scophthalmus maximus (Europe) and other species.] Origin ME: from OFr., of Scand. origin …

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  • 42turbot — noun (C, U) a large flat European fish …

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  • 43turbot — tur·bot …

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  • 44turbot — тюрбо …

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  • 45turbot — n. 1 a flatfish, Scophthalmus maximus, having large bony tubercles on the body and head and prized as food . 2 any of various similar fishes including halibut. Etymology: ME f. OF f. OSw. toumlrnbut f. toumlrn thorn + but BUTT(3) …

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  • 46Spotted turbot — 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… …

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  • 47Turbot War — an international fishing dispute in 1995 between Canada and the European Union, especially Spain. Canadian officials boarded a Spanish fishing trawler in international waters and arrested its crew. Canada claimed that European Union factory… …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 48Le Turbot — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Turbo. Le Turbot (Der Butt en allemand) est un roman de l écrivain allemand Günter Grass, publié en 1977 aux éditions Luchterhand (Darmstadt). Il a été traduit en français par Jean Amsler deux ans plus tard et… …

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  • 49Municipio de Turbot (condado de Northumberland, Pensilvania) — Municipio de Turbot Municipio de los Estados Unidos …

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  • 50USS Turbot — Two submarines of the United States Navy have been named USS Turbot for the turbot, a large, brown and white flatfish, valued as a food.* USS Turbot (SS 31) was a G class submarine which served before World War I. She was renamed G 3 before she… …

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