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発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈtɜːbət/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈtɝbət/

名詞

turbot (plural turbot or turbots)

1. Any of species Scophthalmus maximus (syn. Psetta maxima) of flatfish native to Europe.
   • 1901 [1878], Constance Garnett, transl., Anna Karenina‎, translation of Анна Каренина by Leo Tolstoy:

     “With vegetables in it, you know. Then turbot with thick sauce, then ... roast beef; and mind it’s good. Yes, and capons, perhaps, and then sweets.”

2. Any of various other flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae that are found in marine or brackish waters.
   • 1931, Francis Beeding, “1/1”, in Death Walks in Eastrepps‎:

     Eldridge closed the despatch-case with a snap and, rising briskly, walked down the corridor to his solitary table in the dining-car. Mulligatawny soup, poached turbot, roast leg of lamb—the usual railway dinner.

3. A triggerfish (Canthidermis sufflamen).

派生語

• diamond turbot
• spotted turbot

参照

• turbot on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Scophthalmidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Scophthalmidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons