Definition of Psetta maxima

1. Noun. A large brownish European flatfish.

Exact synonyms: Turbot
Generic synonyms: Lefteye Flounder, Lefteyed Flounder
Group relationships: Genus Psetta, Psetta
Terms within: Turbot

Lexicographical Neighbors of Psetta Maxima

Prussians
Prutenic
Przevalski's horse
Przewalski's horse
Przewalski's horses
Príncipe
Ps.
Psa.
Psalms
Psalter
Psaltriparus
Psenes
Psephurus
Psephurus gladis
Psetta
Psetta maxima (current term)
Psettichthys
Psettichthys melanostichus
Pseudacris
Pseudaletia
Pseudaletia unipuncta
Pseudechis
Pseudechis porphyriacus
Pseudemys
Pseudemys concinna
Pseudemys rubriventris
Pseudemys scripta
Pseudepigrapha
Pseudobombax
Pseudobombax ellipticum

Literary usage of Psetta maxima

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Food and Game Fishes: A Popular Account of All the Species Found in by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1902)
"It attains a weight of I to 2 pounds or less and is generally common on sandy bottom. It is a near relative of the valuable European turbot (Psetta maxima). ..."

2. Foods and Their Adulteration: Origin, Manufacture, and Composition of Food by Harvey Washington Wiley (1911)
"It occurs chiefly off the coast of Greenland, and is taken in the very coldest part of the year. The European turbot is Psetta maxima. Weakfish. ..."

3. Foods and Their Adulteration: Origin, Manufacture, and Composition of Food by Harvey Washington Wiley (1907)
"It occurs chiefly off the coast of Greenland, and is taken in the very coldest part of the year. The European turbot is Psetta maxima. Weakfish. ..."

4. Foods and Their Adulteration: Origin, Manufacture, and Composition of Food by Harvey Washington Wiley (1917)
"The European turbot is Psetta maxima. Weakfish.—The weakfish belongs to the croaker family (Sciaenidae) and has a high value as a food fish, the flesh being ..."

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