turbot

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


The name is given toa New Zealand fish, called also Lemon-Sole (q.v.)or Yellow-belly (q.v.), Ammotretis guntheri.

1876. `Transactions of New Zealand Institute,' vol. viii.p. 215:

«Turbot – – a fish not uncommon in the Dunedin market, where itgoes by the name of `lemon-sole.'»

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