[
US
/ˈtɝˌbət, ˌtɝˈboʊ/
]
[ UK /tˈɜːbɒt/ ]
[ UK /tˈɜːbɒt/ ]
NOUN
- flesh of a large European flatfish
- a large brownish European flatfish
How To Use turbot In A Sentence
- You can have sea bass, lobster, herring, turbot, sturgeon cusks, haddock, mullet, eels, crabs, oysters and mussels.
- I'm talking flat fish, Lemon sole, Dover sole, plaice, dabs, witch, turbot, halibut, brill and skate.
- ‘In September a thresher shark was spotted near Turbot Bank, off Freshwater West,’ said Mark Burton, assistant marine conservation officer at Skomer Marine Nature Reserve.
- Set a slice of the breaded and fried pig's trotter meat next to the turbot filet and top with a turbot steak.
- The lakes, rivers and bay all combine to provide the choicest seafood - brill, turbot and trout.
- The 47-year-old Bellevue man admitted in court Friday that he bought more than 65 tons of flatfish called turbot (TUR 'bet) from China and re-labeled it as halibut. KIROTV.com - Local News
- Tony even struggles out of bed at 4am most days to buy turbot, squid and lobster from Cornish day boats on the harbour.
- A turbot is a kind of flatfish, native to the North Atlantic, that uses a specialized organ which makes use of the fish's own wake to force oxygenated water over its gills, resulting in basically force-induction of its metabolism, thus enhancing its speed and power. ckc (not kc) said, Sadly, No!
- Unlike the turbot the upper body surface is covered with small scales, not the bony tubercles of the larger species.
- The main fishery for the turbot in Atlantic waters is in the North Sea.