TURBIT


Meaning of TURBIT in English

/terr"bit/ , n.

one of a breed of domestic pigeons having a stout, roundish body, a short head and beak, and a ruffled breast and neck.

[ 1680-90; var. of TURBOT; appar. because, like the fish, the bird is toplike in outline ]

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