turbot

UK: /ˈtɜː^rbət/ US: /ˈtɝbət/ ,(tûr′bət)

Inflections of 'turbot' (n):

turbot

npl (Especially as a collective plural—e.g. "There are turbot for sale on that market stall.")

turbots

npl (Less common)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

tur•bot /ˈtɜrbət/   n. [countable] , pl. (esp. when thought of as a group) -bot, (esp. for kinds or species) -bots. 

1. Fish a flatfish having a diamond-shaped body.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

tur•bot  (tûr′bət), n., pl. (esp. collectively) -bot,  (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) -bots. 

1. Fish a European flatfish, Psetta maxima, having a diamond-shaped body: valued as a food fish.
2. Fish any of several other flatfishes.
3. Fish a triggerfish.

• Medieval Latin turb(ō) turbot (Latin: top; apparently applied to the fish because of its outline; see turbine, turbit) + Old French -ot noun, nominal suffix
• Anglo-French; Old French tourbot
• Middle English turbut 1250–1300

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turbot / ˈtɜːbət/ noun ( -bot, -bots)

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

Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French tourbot, from Medieval Latin turbō, from Latin: spinning top, from a fancied similarity in shape; see turbit, turbine