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turbot

3 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. turbot (noun)
  2. diamond turbot (noun)
  3. English turbot (noun)

tur·bot

noun \ˈtər-bət\
plural turbot also turbots

Definition of TURBOT

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
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Origin of TURBOT

Middle English, from Anglo-French turbut
First Known Use: 14th century

Other Fishes Terms

char, chum, ichthyology, smelt, tetra

Rhymes with TURBOT

burbot, sherbet

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