turbot
noun
a European flatfish, Psetta maxima, having a diamond-shaped body: valued as a food fish.
turbots
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pluralof turbot.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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As for friends, lampreys and turbots beget them, and they spawn not amid the solitude of the Apennines.
From Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection by Landor, Walter Savage
“Brills are generally caught at the same place as turbots, and are generally of the same quality as the turbot, from the different parts.”
From The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual by Kitchiner, William
Tommy says that Gherkins wear turbots on their heads.
From Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 2, 1914 by Seaman, Owen, Sir
I could see “schools” of small herring fry and broad round plaice, and huge turbots, and beautiful green mackerel, and great conger eels as large as boa-constrictors, all engaged in pursuits of pleasure or prey.
From The Boy Tar by Read, Edward
“Why, you don’t catch turbots here, and like this?”
From Menhardoc by Staniland, C.J.
