turbit

American  

[tur-bit] / ˈtɜr bɪt /

noun

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

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turbit British  

/ ˈtɜːbɪt /

noun

1. a crested breed of domestic pigeon

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Etymology

Origin of turbit

1680–90; variant of turbot; apparently because, like the fish, the bird is toplike in outline

Example Sentences

The turbit has a very short and conical beak, with a line of reversed feathers down the breast; and it has the habit of continually expanding slightly the upper part of the oesophagus.

From On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection, or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life by Darwin, Charles

This has occurred in the case of the pouter, turbit, and trumpeter, for these highly improved breeds are now left without any links closely connecting them either with each other or with the aboriginal rock-pigeon.

From The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. by Darwin, Charles

The turbit has a very short and conical beak, with a line of reversed feathers down the breast; and it has the habit of continually expanding slightly the upper part of the œsophagus.

From On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. (2nd edition) by Darwin, Charles

But it is worthy of note that Ramusio has cubebs instead of turbit.

From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Yule, Henry

White soop, turbit, and lobster sos; saddil of Scoch muttn, grous, and M'Arony; wines, shampang, hock, madeiria, a bottle of poart, and ever so many of clarrit.

From International Short Stories English by Various