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turbot

[ tur-buht ]

noun

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


turbot

/ 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of turbot1

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; turbine, turbit ) + Old French -ot noun suffix
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Word History and Origins

Origin of turbot1

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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Example Sentences

The white truffle and egg are one of my favorite combinations, as well as turbot being one of my favorite fish.

It abounds on parts of the British coast, and is only less favoured for the table than the turbot itself.

Some persons eat with this salad cold boiled turbot or other fish.

The remains of a turbot might also be curried in the same way, and also any kind of fish.

Yet Rich was so ignorant that he called a turban a turbot, and an adjective an adjutant.

The fish caught are turbot, skate, soles, though others are occasionally taken in the net.

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