Inflected forms: pl. turbot or tur·bots 1. A European flatfish, Scophthalmus maximus, that has a brown knobby upper side and is prized as food. 2. Any of various flatfishes similar or related to this fish.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English turbut, from Old French tourbout, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Swedish törnbut : törn, thorn + but, flatfish; see bhau- in Appendix I.
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