Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for TUR'BOT
TUR'BITHTUR'BU-LENCE, or TUR'BU-LEN-CY
TUR'BOT, n. [Fr.]
A fish of the genus Pleuronectes, [fishes which swim on the side.] it grows to the weight of twenty or thirty pounds, and is much esteemed by epicures.
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