Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of a breed of domestic pigeons having a small crested head and a ruffled breast.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete form of
turbot . - noun A breed of domestic pigeons with white body and colored wings, ruffled breast, very short stout beak, flattened head, and peak-crest or shell-crest or both. There are several color-varieties; some are whole-colored.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The turbot.
- noun (Zoöl.) A variety of the domestic pigeon, remarkable for its short beak.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A kind of
pigeon developed over many years ofselective breeding , known for itspeaked crest ,short beak , andfrill offeathers on thebreast . - noun The
turbot .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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White soop, turbit, and lobstir sos; saddil of Scoch muttn, grous, and
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Soup top and bottom (white and brown), removed by turbit and sammon with immense boles of lobster-sauce.
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The turbit has a 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 sophagus.
I. Variation under Domestication. Breeds of the Domestic Pigeon, Their Differences and Origin 1909
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Perhaps the first pouter-pigeon did not inflate its crop much more than the turbit now does the upper part of its sophagus, a habit which is disregarded by all fanciers, as it is not one of the points of the breed.
I. Variation under Domestication. Unconscious Selection 1909
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The head should be round and smooth, the neck thin, and the tail similar to that of the turbit.
The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861
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The head should be round and smooth, the neck thin, and the tail similar to that of the turbit.
The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861
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Perhaps the first pouter-pigeon did not inflate its crop much more than the turbit now does the upper part of its oesophagus, — a habit which is disregarded by all fanciers, as it is not one of the points of the breed.
On the Origin of Species~ Chapter 01 (historical) Charles Darwin 1859
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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.
On the Origin of Species~ Chapter 01 (historical) Charles Darwin 1859
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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.
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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.
On the origin of species Charles Darwin 1845
qroqqa commented on the word turbit
The turbit has a 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.
—Origin of Species, ch. 1
A kind of pigeon. Possibly from L turbo "(spinning) top", which possibly also gave 'turbot' the fish.
February 10, 2009