Definition of turbo

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Turbo (n.) Any one of numerous marine gastropods of the genus Turbo or family Turbinidae, usually having a turbinate shell, pearly on the inside, and a calcareous operculum..

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Turbinoid :: Turbinoid (a.) Like or pertaining to Turbo or the family Turbinidae.
Turbot :: Turbot (n.) The trigger fish.
Turbinite :: Turbinite (n.) A petrified shell resembling the genus Turbo.
Turbot :: Turbot (n.) The filefish; -- so called in Bermuda.
Flatfish :: Flatfish (n.) Any fish of the family Pleuronectidae; esp., the winter flounder (Pleuronectes Americanus). The flatfishes have the body flattened, swim on the side, and have eyes on one side, as the flounder, turbot, and halibut. See Flounder..
Brill :: Brill (n.) A fish allied to the turbot (Rhombus levis), much esteemed in England for food; -- called also bret, pearl, prill. See Bret..
Turbo :: Turbo (n.) Any one of numerous marine gastropods of the genus Turbo or family Turbinidae, usually having a turbinate shell, pearly on the inside, and a calcareous operculum..
Turbite :: Turbite (n.) A fossil turbo.
Birt :: Birt (n.) A fish of the turbot kind; the brill.
Pearl :: Pearl (n.) A fish allied to the turbot; the brill.
Thornbut :: Thornbut (n.) The turbot.
Windowpane :: Windowpane (n.) A thin, spotted American turbot (Pleuronectes maculatus) remarkable for its translucency. It is not valued as a food fish. Called also spotted turbot, daylight, spotted sand flounder, and water flounder..
Wreath-shell :: Wreath-shell (n.) A marine shell of the genus Turbo. See Turbo.
Turbit :: Turbit (n.) The turbot.
Maara Shell :: Maara shell () A large, pearly, spiral, marine shell (Turbo margaritaceus), from the Pacific Islands. It is used as an ornament..
Turbot :: Turbot (n.) 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..
Turbot :: Turbot (n.) 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..
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