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Halibut vs Turbot - What's the difference?

halibut | turbot |

As nouns the difference between halibut and turbot

is that halibut is a large flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus, which sometimes leaves the ocean floor and swims vertically while turbot is a species of flatfish native to Europe, Scophthalmus maximus, earlier Psetta maxima.

halibut

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A large flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus , which sometimes leaves the ocean floor and swims vertically.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1960 , author= , title=(Jeeves in the Offing) , section=chapter IV , passage=[...] she frowned a displeased frown and told me for heaven's sake to stop goggling like a dead halibut .}}

    External links

    * ("halibut" on Wikipedia) * (Hippoglossus) ----

    turbot

    English

    (wikipedia turbot)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A species of flatfish native to Europe, Scophthalmus maximus'', earlier ''Psetta maxima .
  • Any of various other flatfishes of family (l) that are found in marine or brackish waters.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1931, author=
    • , title=Death Walks in Eastrepps , chapter=1/1 citation , passage=Eldridge closed the despatch-case with a snap and, rising briskly, walked down the corridor to his solitary table in the dining-car. Mulligatawny soup, poached turbot , roast leg of lamb—the usual railway dinner.}}
  • Triggerfish, .