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Definition of Spotted turbot

spotted turbot
Windowpane Win"dow*pane`, n. 1. (Arch.) See Pane, n., (3) b . [In this sense, written also window pane.] 2. (Zo["o]l.) A thin, spotted American turbot (Pleuronectes maculatus) remarkable for its translucency. It is not valued as a food fish. Called also spotted turbot, daylight, spotted sand flounder, and water flounder.
Spotted 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 the upper side is brownish with small roundish tubercles scattered over the surface. The lower, or blind, side is white. Called also bannock fluke. (b) 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. (c) The filefish; -- so called in Bermuda. (d) The trigger fish. Spotted turbot. See Windowpane.

Meaning of Spotted turbot from wikipedia

- The turbot (English: /ˈtɜːrbət/ TUR-bət, French: [tyʁbo].; Scophthalmus maximus) is a relatively large species of flatfish in the family Scophthalmidae...
- The spotted turbot (Pleuronichthys ritteri) is a species of flatfish in the family Pleuronectidae. It is a demersal fish that lives on bottoms at depths...
- The spiny turbots are a family, Psettodidae, of relatively large, primitive flatfish found in the tropical waters of the east Atlantic and Indo-Pacific...
- species) Scophthalmus maximus More... Spiny (3 species) Psettodidae Other Diamond turbot Hornyhead turbot New Zealand turbot Ocellated turbot Spotted turbot...
- important food fish are in this order, including the flounders, soles, turbot, plaice, and halibut. Some flatfish can camouflage themselves on the ocean...
- species) Scophthalmus maximus More... Spiny (3 species) Psettodidae Other Diamond turbot Hornyhead turbot New Zealand turbot Ocellated turbot Spotted turbot...
- called "shotted halibut" Greenland turbot, Reinhardtius hippoglossoides – often called "Greenland halibut" Spotted halibut, Verasper variegatus Family...
- most frequent callers are an accident-prone marine biologist named Cap'n Turbot and the town's mayor, Mayor Goodway. Ryder always alerts the dogs via their...
- species) Scophthalmus maximus More... Spiny (3 species) Psettodidae Other Diamond turbot Hornyhead turbot New Zealand turbot Ocellated turbot Spotted turbot...
- species) Scophthalmus maximus More... Spiny (3 species) Psettodidae Other Diamond turbot Hornyhead turbot New Zealand turbot Ocellated turbot Spotted turbot...