rodden fluken.
/ˌrɒd(ə)n ˈfluːk/, U.S. /ˌrɑd(ə)n ˈfluk/, Scottish English /ˌrɔd(ə)n ˈfluk/ Scottish (chiefly north-eastern).
The turbot, Scophthalmus maximus. Cf. rawn-fluke n. at rawn n. Compounds, roan-fluke n. at roan n.3 Compounds.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Pleuronectiformes (flat-fish) > [noun] > family Scophthalmidae (turbot) > genus or member of Scophthalmus > scophthalmus maximus (turbot)
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1793 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. V. 277 Turbot, (in this country called the Rodden fleuck,) 6 d.
1802 J. Pinkerton Mod. Geogr. I. 192 The Turbot..in Scotland is called Rodden-fleuk; the last word being a general denomination for flounders and other flat fish.
1818 W. Kennedy Ann. Aberdeen iv. v. 288 Flat fish..are frequently sold; but roddan fluke, or turbot, is not very plenty.
1882 T. Mair John O' Arnha's Latter-day Exploits 27 But John one fearfu' rackart took, And squashed him like a rodden-fluke.
1883 C. F. G. Cumming In Hebrides (new ed.) 368 The would-be purchaser must remember to ask for ‘Roden Fluke’ if he is on the east coast, as true turbot are known only by that name. Should he ask for turbot, he would be served with halibut.
1903 G. Sim Vertebr. Fauna of Dee 244 Rhombus maximus... Turbot. ‘Roden Fluke’.
1989 R. A. Watt Gloss. Sc. Dial. Fish & Trade Names 18 Rodden fluke, turbot.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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