turbot

One entry found for turbot.

Main Entry: tur·bot
Pronunciation: 't&r-b&t
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural turbot also turbots
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French turbut
1 : a large European flatfish (Psetta maxima) that is a popular food fish and has a brownish upper surface marked with scattered tubercles and a white undersurface
2 : any of various flatfishes (as Scophthalmus maximus or Reinhardtius hippoglossoides) resembling the turbot