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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
turbot
n 1: flesh of a large European flatfish
2: a large brownish European flatfish [syn: {Psetta maxima}]
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