English-Thai Dictionary

turbot

N ปลาช นิดหนึ่ง  pla-cha-nid-nuang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TURBOT

n.A fish of the genus Pleuronectes, [fishes which swim on the side. ] It grows to the weight of twenty or thirty pounds, and is much esteemed by epicures.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TURBOT

Tur "bot, n. Etym: [F.; -- probably so named from its shape, and from L. turbo a top, a whirl. ] (Zoöl.) (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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

turbot

tur bot |ˈtərbət ˈtərbət | ▶noun ( pl. same or turbots ) a European flatfish of inshore waters that has large bony tubercles on the body and is prized as food. [Scophthalmus maximus, family Scophthalmidae (or Bothidae ).] • used in names of similar flatfishes, e.g., black turbot. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French, of Scandinavian origin.

 

Oxford Dictionary

turbot

tur ¦bot |ˈtəːbət | ▶noun ( pl. same or turbots ) a European flatfish of inshore waters, which has large bony tubercles on the body and is prized as food. ●Scophthalmus maximus, family Scophthalmidae (or Bothidae ). • used in names of similar flatfishes, e.g. black turbot. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French, of Scandinavian origin.

 

French Dictionary

turbot

turbot n. m. nom masculin Poisson plat vivant dans l ’Atlantique Nord-Est et dans la Méditerranée, à forme losangique et dont la peau présente des tubercules osseux perceptibles au toucher (GDT ). : Le turbot peut atteindre une longueur maximale de 1 m. Note Technique Ce terme a fait l ’objet d ’un avis de normalisation de l ’OQLF. Il ne faut pas confondre le turbot, capturé en Europe principalement, avec le flétan du Groenland, qui vit dans les eaux froides de l ’Atlantique Nord et du Pacifique Nord. Note Orthographique turbo t.

 

turbotrain

turbotrain n. m. nom masculin Train dont l ’énergie provient de turbines à gaz.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

turbot

tur bot /tə́ː r bət /名詞 複 ～, ～s 1 C 〘魚 〙ターボット 〘ヨーロッパ産のカレイの類 〙.2 U その肉 .