turbot
pronunciation
How to pronounce turbot in British English:
UK [ˈtɜ:bət]
How to pronounce turbot in American English:
US [ˈtɜrbət]
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- Noun:
- flesh of a large European flatfish
- a large brownish European flatfish
Word Origin
- turbot
- turbot: [13] The turbot is etymologically the ‘thorn-flatfish’. Its name comes via Old French turbot from Old Swedish törnbut ‘turbot’. This was a compound noun formed from törn ‘thorn’ (a relative of English thorn) and but ‘flatfish’, a borrowing from Middle Low German but which probably denoted etymologically ‘stumpy’, and also supplied the final syllable of English halibut [15]. The name presumably alludes to the bony nodules on the fish’s back.=> halibut, thorn
- turbot (n.)
- 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."
Example
- 1. Study on pharmacokinetic and eliminate of oxytetracycline in turbot .
- 2. Fresh wild turbot demand is not very strong .
- 3. Hong kong blocked imports of turbot last year after inspectors found traces of malachite green , a possibly cancer-causing chemical used to treat fungal infections , in some fish .
- 4. Estimation of genetic parameters for three economic traits in 25d turbot fry .
- 5. Study on eliminate of malachite green and its metabolite in turbot muscle .