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Look up: turbot

  1. Turbot
    The turbot is a flat fish found in the mediterranean and north sea.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. Turbot
    Turbot is a township in Northumberland County Pennsylvania, USA.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  3. turbot
    Waters:Atlantic and Pacific coasts Description (in water): 'Flatfish' can refer to any member of a species of thin, flat fish that swim on one side; both eyes are located on the side that faces up. Size and color vary depending on the species; the downward-facing side of the fish is always pale and nearly colorless. Description (in market): In general, flatfish have lean white or off-white flesh that's fine-textured and mild in flavor. The skin is edible, and usually quite tasty.
    Found on http://www.gortons.com/cookbook/glossary

  4. turbot
    Waters:Atlantic and Pacific coasts Description (in water): Flounder can refer to any member of a species of thin, flat fish that swim on one side; both eyes are located on the side that faces up. Size and color vary depending on the species; the downward-facing side of the fish is always pale and nearly colorless. Description (in market): In general, flounder have lean white or off-white flesh that's fine-textured and mild in flavor. The skin is edible, and usually quite tasty.
    Found on http://www.gortons.com/cookbook/glossary

  5. turbot
    Waters:Atlantic and Pacific coasts Description (in water): Sole can refer to any member of a species of thin, flat fish that swim on one side; both eyes are located on the side that faces up. Size and color vary depending on the species; the downward-facing side of the fish is always pale and nearly colorless. Description (in market): In general, sole have lean white or off-white flesh that's fine-textured and mild in flavor. The skin is edible, and usually quite tasty.
    Found on http://www.gortons.com/cookbook/glossary

  6. Turbot
    Waters:'True' turbot are harvested in European Waters from the Mediterranean and North Seas to Iceland and Normandy; related fish inhabit marine Waters worldwide. Description (in water): This large flatfish can weigh up to 30 lbs. (most range from 3 to 10 lbs.). It is sand-colored and scaleless, with bony tubercles speckling the skin, which is usually removed before the fish is eaten. Description (in market): The white flesh of the European turbot is prized for its lovely, delicate flavor. It is...
    Found on http://www.gortons.com/cookbook/glossary

  7. turbot
    [n] - flesh of a large European flatfish 2. [n] - a large brownish European flatfish
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  8. turbot
    <zoology> A large European flounder (Rhombus maximus) highly esteemed as a food fish. It often weighs from thirty to forty pounds. Its colour 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. ... Any one of numerous species of flounders more or ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  9. turbot
    Psetta maxima noun a large brownish European flatfish
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  10. turbot
    noun flesh of a large European flatfish
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  11. Turbot
    `Turbot` [pronounced `tur-bit` or alternately `tur-bo`] (family Scophthalmidae, order Pleuronectiformes) are flatfish native to marine or brackish waters of the North Atlantic. The taxon name comes from the Greek language, with `skopein` meaning `to look` and `ophthalmos` meaning `eye`. The European turbot (`Psetta maxima`) is a large left-eyed flatfish found primarily close to shore in sandy shallow waters throughout the Mediterranean, the Bal...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbot

  12. Turbot
    • (n.) 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. • (n.) The trigger fish. • (n.) The filefish; -- so called in Bermuda. • (n.) A large European flounder ...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  13. turbot
    (Scophthalmus maximus), broad-bodied European flatfish of the family Scophthalmidae or, in some classifications, Bothidae. A highly valued food ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/t/93

  14. turbot
    turbot A flatfish that is almost circular with bony tubercles on its body and both eyes on the left side. Native to: Europe.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  15. turbot
    1. flesh of a large European flatfish
    2. a large brownish European flatfish

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  16. turbot
    turbot: see flatfish.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A09198


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