2. (Zoöl.) A variety of the domestic pigeon, remarkable for its short
beak.
Tur"bite (?), n. (Paleon.) A fossil turbo.
Tur"bith (?), n. [F., fr. Per. See Turpeth.] See Turpeth.
Tur"bo (?), n. [L. turbo, - inis, a top. See Turbine.] (Zoöl.) Any one
of numerous marine gastropods of the genus Turbo or family Turbinidæ,
usually having a turbinate shell, pearly on the inside, and a
calcareous operculum.
Tur"bot (?), n. [F.; — probably so named from its shape, and from L.
turbo a top, a whirl.] (Zoöl.) (a) 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. (b) 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. (c) The
filefish; — so called in Bermuda. (d) The trigger fish.
Spotted turbot. See Windowpane.
Tur"bu*lence (?), n. [L. turbulentia: cf. F. turbulebce.] The quality
or state of being turbulent; a disturbed state; tumult; disorder;
agitation. Shak.
The years of . . . warfare and turbulence which ensued.
Southey.
Syn. — Agitation; commotion; tumult; tumultuousness; termagance;
unruliness; insubordination; rioting.
Tur"bu*len*cy (?), n. Turbulence.
What a tale of terror now its turbulency tells!
Poe.
Tur"bu*lent (?), a. [L. turbulentus, fr. turba disorder, tumult: cf. F.
turbulent. See Turbid.] 1. Disturbed; agitated; tumultuous; roused to
violent commotion; as, the turbulent ocean.
Calm region once, And full of peace, now tossed and turbulent.
Milton.
2. Disposed to insubordination and disorder; restless; unquiet;
refractory; as, turbulent spirits.
Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit.
Dryden.