Found 2 hits - Term: bannock fluke, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
turbot \tur"bot\, n. f.; -- probably so named from its shape,
and from l. turbo a top, a whirl. zool.
a a large european flounder rhombus maximus highly
esteemed as a food fish. it often weighs from thirty to
forty pounds. its color on the upper side is brownish
with small roundish tubercles scattered over the surface.
the lower, or blind, side is white. called also bannock
fluke.
b any one of numerous species of flounders more or less
related to the true turbots, as the american plaice, or
summer flounder see flounder, the halibut, and the
diamond flounder hypsopsetta guttulata of california.
c the filefish; -- so called in bermuda.
d the trigger fish.
1913 webster
spotted turbot. see windowpane.
1913 webster
see also:
rhombus maximus bannock fluke flounder hypsopsetta guttulata spotted turbot windowpane
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
bannock \ban"nock\, n. gael. bonnach.
a kind of cake or bread, in shape flat and roundish, commonly
made of oatmeal or barley meal and baked on an iron plate, or
griddle; -- used in scotland and the northern counties of
england. --jamieson.
1913 webster
bannock fluke, the turbot. scot.
1913 webster
see also:
bannock fluke
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