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Definition of turbot

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.
turbot
Trigger Trig"ger, n. [For older tricker, from D. trekker, fr. trekken to draw, pull. See Trick, n.] 1. A catch to hold the wheel of a carriage on a declivity. 2. (Mech.) A piece, as a lever, which is connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it; especially (Firearms), the part of a lock which is moved by the finger to release the cock and discharge the piece. Trigger fish (Zo["o]l.), a large plectognath fish (Balistes Carolinensis or B. capriscus) common on the southern coast of the United States, and valued as a food fish in some localities. Its rough skin is used for scouring and polishing in the place of sandpaper. Called also leather jacket, and turbot.

Meaning of 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 Turbot War (known in Spain as Guerra del Fletán; French: Guerre du flétan) was an international fishing dispute and bloodless conflict between Canada...
- 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...
- Turbot is a species of flatfish. Turbot may also refer to: Turbot (business) Turbot Island, a small Irish island Turbot Street, a major thoroughfare in...
- 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...
- Turbot (Turbot HQ, Inc) is a privately held software company headquartered in the United States. Turbot provides automated cloud governance controls for...
- The Greenland halibut or Greenland turbot (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides) belongs to the family Pleuronectidae (the right-eye flounders), and is the only...
- Turbot Township is a township in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The po****tion at the 2010 Census was 1,806, an increase over the...
- The spiny turbots are a family, Psettodidae, of relatively large, primitive flatfish found in the tropical waters of the east Atlantic and Indo-Pacific...
- USS Turbot (SS-427), a Balao-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the turbot, a large, brown and white flatfish...