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

But it is worthy of note that Ramusio has cubebs instead of turbit.

From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Yule, Henry

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

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)

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 oesophagus.

From On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection, or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life by Darwin, Charles