Turbot

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtɜːbÉ™t/

Origin

From Old (and modern) French turbot, from Old Swedish tornbut, from törn (“thorn”) + but (“butt, flatfish”).

Full definition of turbot

Noun

1. A species of flatfish native to Europe, Scophthalmus maximus, earlier Psetta maxima.
2. Any of various other flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae that are found in marine or brackish waters.
• 1931, w, Death Walks in Eastrepps Chapter 1/1, Eldridge closed the despatch-case with a snap and, rising briskly, walked down the corridor to his solitary table in the dining-car. Mulligatawny soup, poached turbot, roast leg of lamb—the usual railway dinner.
3. Triggerfish, Canthidermis sufflamen.