turbit

American  

[tur-bit] / ˈtɜr bɪt /

noun

1. one of a breed of domestic pigeons having a stout, roundish body, a short head and beak, and a ruffled breast and neck.

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turbit British  

/ ˈtɜːbɪt /

noun

1. a crested breed of domestic pigeon

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Etymology

Origin of turbit

1680–90; variant of turbot; apparently because, like the fish, the bird is toplike in outline

Example Sentences

White soop, turbit, and lobstir sos; saddil of Scoch muttn, grous, and M'Arony; wines, shampang, hock, maderia, a bottle of poart, and ever so many of clarrit.

From The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush by Thackeray, William Makepeace

The turbit has a very short and conical beak, with a line of reversed feathers down the breast; and it has the habit of continually expanding slightly the upper part of the œsophagus.

From On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. (2nd edition) by Darwin, Charles

This has occurred in the case of the pouter, turbit, and trumpeter, for these highly improved breeds are now left without any links closely connecting them either with each other or with the aboriginal rock-pigeon.

From The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. by Darwin, Charles

The turbit has a short and conical beak, with a line of reversed feathers down the breast; and it has the habit of continually expanding, slightly, the upper part of the oesophagus.

From The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, 6th Edition by Darwin, Charles

The head should be round and smooth, the neck thin, and the tail similar to that of the turbit.

From The Book of Household Management by Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary)