turbot

American  

[tur-buht] / ˈtɜr bət /

noun

turbot, plural turbots plural

1. a European flatfish, Psetta maxima, having a diamond-shaped body: valued as a food fish.

2. any of several other flatfishes.

3. a triggerfish.

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turbot British  

/ ˈtɜːbət /

noun

1. a European flatfish, Scophthalmus maximus , having a pale brown speckled scaleless body covered with tubercles: family Bothidae . It is highly valued as a food fish

2. any of various similar or related fishes

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• turbot
  plural
• turbots
  plural

Etymology

Origin of turbot

1250–1300; Middle English turbut < Anglo-French; Old French tourbot < Medieval Latin turb ( ō ) turbot ( Latin: top; apparently applied to the fish because of its outline; see turbine, turbit) + Old French -ot noun suffix

Example Sentences

The Dungeness crabs, Boston lobsters, turbot and other future meals signaled Taste of MP’s seafood credentials.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2023

Diana is reported to have ordered an appetizer of mushrooms and asparagus, and then sole; for Dodi, turbot.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 29, 2022

Climate change has affected Nunavut's fisheries industry, which mainly catches turbot and shrimp for export to Asia, both for better and worse.

From Reuters • Jul. 28, 2022

The contrast of tender fish with crunchy fish loses some of its novelty when it is repeated in another dish on the menu, this one with poached and fried turbot.

From New York Times • Nov. 8, 2021

Here his remains are found to-day, while from the depths of the North Sea the hardy trawlers have dredged hundreds, aye thousands, of mammoth teeth in company with soles and turbot.

From Animals of the Past by Lucas, Frederic A.