Crossword clues for turbot
turbot
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Trigger \Trig"ger\, n. [For older tricker, from D. trekker, fr. trekken to draw, pull. See Trick, n.]
A catch to hold the wheel of a carriage on a declivity.
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(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 Balistes 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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
large, edible flatfish, c.1300, from Old French turbut (12c., Modern French turbot), probably from a Scandinavian source (compare Old Swedish törnbut, from törn "thorn" + but "flatfish;" see halibut). But OED says of uncertain origin and speculates on a connection to Latin turbo "spinning top."
Wiktionary
n. 1 A species of flatfish native to Europe, ''Scophthalmus maximus'', earlier ''Psetta maxima''. 2 Any of various other flatfishes of family ''(l mul Scophthalmidae)'' that are found in marine or brackish waters.
WordNet
n. flesh of a large European flatfish
a large brownish European flatfish [syn: Psetta maxima]
Wikipedia
Turbot is a species of flatfish.
Turbot may also refer to:
- USS Turbot, submarines named after the fish,
- The Turbot War, a fishing dispute between Canada and the European Union
- Turbot Township, Pennsylvania, United States
- "Turbot", a phantom ballplayer once thought to have played a Major League Baseball game in 1902.
- Turbot-Rhino 1 and Turbot 2, fictive cars appearing in various Spirou et Fantasio comic strips.
- Cap'n Turbot, a major character in the Canadian television series PAW Patrol
- Turbot Island, a small Irish island
Usage examples of "turbot".
Marcella and Victor called out the names of every fish in sight, about fifty in all: iridescent sardines and anchovies flashing silver and turquoise, flying fish with pointed beaks and snails creeping nowhere in their glossy spotted shells, tiny gray shrimp jumping like crickets and huge blue shrimp too stately to move, clams with shells bearing Navajo designs and scallops as small as aspirins, delicate flatfish for grilling or frying and bony striped fish for soup or risotto, diamond-shaped turbot and broad fans of skate, ink-stained cuttlefish, octopus, squid.
Mrs Stowe tells me that the turbot had to be thrown away, and to have been obliged to have set an indifferent dinner before Lord Rotherham would have made me feel ready to sink!
She wasn't quite sure what this might be--a pancake with peaches didn't seem quite exquisite enough for their surroundings, but the turbot was delicious, washed down with a Chablis which her companion assured her would make the meal all the more enjoyable.
She chose Dubonnet and then, under his guidance, decided on Croquettes de Turbot Sauce Homard followed by a Souffle aux Peches.
Figs in sesame sauce, rice with basil, another soup with egg yolk, neatly sliced conger eel, radish, and mushrooms accompanied by roe of sea urchin, several kinds of fish, including turbot, snapper, pike, and squid wrapped in a collage with varied types of seaweed, and lotus root mixed with intricately cut mussels, cucumber, and zucchini.
At the long table, dishes came and came: smoked eel, broiled turbot, veal and ham pie, quails stuffed with chestnuts, stargazy pie, capons stuffed with onions and oysters, a great smoking round of roast beef flanked by roast parsnips and potatoes and carrots, brandied plum pudding with candied peel and hard sauce, and finally a whole wheel of Stilton cheese.
The pasty margarine tasted as usual like axle grease, but they ate excellent turbot and good leg of lamb.
The bold turbot came in, together with a bottle of Montrachet, and after a busy pause Stephen said 'I believe you may forgive Mr Lowndes after all.
The snow was deep, storms and gales raged still, but the ice was breaking up, seal were moving into the bays, the cod and turbot spawning, herring were on the dodge.
You might expect to have soup, a turbot of lobster and Dutch sauce, perhaps some red mullet or oysters.