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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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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