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Turbot N European Inshore Fish Large Bony Tubercles

Word turbot
Definition n. A European inshore fish with large bony tubercles on its body.
Sentence ‘What?’ asked Levin. ‘Turbot? Yes, I'm terribly fond of turbot.’
Source Anna Karenina, I.IX, p.33

Image: Public domain, Freshwater and Marine Image Bank, University of Washington, via Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FMIB_48896_Turbot.jpeg

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