turbot
nounUK /ˈtɜːbət/ · US /ˈtɝbət/
Etymology From Middle English turbot, turbut, from Anglo-Norman turbut, Old French turbot, torbot, from Old Swedish tornbut, from törn (“thorn”) + but (“butt, flatfish”).
1
Any of species Scophthalmus maximus (syn. Psetta maxima) of flatfish native to Europe.
- “With vegetables in it, you know. Then turbot with thick sauce, then ... roast beef; and mind it’s good. Yes, and capons, perhaps, and then sweets.”1901 [1878], Constance Garnett, transl., Anna Karenina, translation of Анна Каренина (Anna Karenina) by Leo Tolstoy:
2
Any of various other flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae that are found in marine or brackish waters.
- 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.1931, Francis Beeding, “1/1”, in Death Walks in Eastrepps:
3
A triggerfish (Canthidermis sufflamen).
- Derived terms
- diamond turbot, spotted turbot, turbotlike