turbot

[ tur-buht ]

/ ˈtɜr bət /

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noun, plural (especially collectively) tur·bot, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) tur·bots.

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

any of several other flatfishes.

a triggerfish.

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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

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How to use turbot in a sentence

The white truffle and egg are one of my favorite combinations, as well as turbot being one of my favorite fish.
Fresh Picks|Markus Glocker|July 6, 2010|DAILY BEAST
It abounds on parts of the British coast, and is only less favoured for the table than the turbot itself.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3|Various
Some persons eat with this salad cold boiled turbot or other fish.
The Art of Cookery|John Mollard
The remains of a turbot might also be curried in the same way, and also any kind of fish.
The Modern Housewife or, Menagere|Alexis Soyer

Yet Rich was so ignorant that he called a turban a turbot, and an adjective an adjutant.
Haunted London|Walter Thornbury
The fish caught are turbot, skate, soles, though others are occasionally taken in the net.
A Yacht Voyage Round England|W.H.G. Kingston

British Dictionary definitions for turbot

turbot

/ (ˈtɜːbət) /

noun plural -bot or -bots

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

any of various similar or related fishes

Word Origin for turbot

C13: from Old French tourbot, from Medieval Latin turbō, from Latin: spinning top, from a fancied similarity in shape; see turbit, turbine

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