turbot

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Any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae that are found in marine or brackish waters
{n} a much admired seafish
flesh of a large European flatfish
Called also bannock fluke
Turbot are a type of edible flat fish that live in European seas. Turbot is this fish eaten as food. turbot turbots a large flat European fish. Species (Scophthalmus maximus, family Scophthalmidae or Bothidae) of broad-bodied European flatfish, a highly valued food fish. It lives along sand and gravel shores. It is left-sided (with eyes normally on the left side of the head) and scaleless; the head and body are studded with numerous bony knobs. Turbots grow to, at most, 40 in. (1 m) long and weigh about 55 lb (25 kg). Colour varies with the surroundings but is usually gray-brown or light brown with darker markings. A related species is the Black Sea turbot (S. maeoticus). Certain right-sided Pacific flatfish (genus Pleuronichthys, family Pleuronectidae) are also called turbot
{i} type of flatfish eaten as food; any of several other similar-looking flatfish
a large brownish European flatfish
a large brownish European flatfish flesh of a large European flatfish
Any one of numerous species of flounders more or less related to the true turbots, as the American plaice, or summer flounder (see Flounder), the halibut, and the diamond flounder (Hypsopsetta guttulata) of California
The lower, or blind, side is white
Its color on the upper side is brownish with small roundish tubercles scattered over the surface
The filefish; so called in Bermuda
The trigger fish
A large European flounder (Rhombus maximus) highly esteemed as a food fish
It often weighs from thirty to forty pounds
The turbot
thornbut
The turbot
turbit
turbot

    Hyphenation

    tur·bot

    Turkish pronunciation

    tırbʌt

    Pronunciation

    /ˈtərˌbət/ /ˈtɜrˌbʌt/

    Etymology

    [ 't&r-b&t ] (noun.) 14th century. From Old (and modern) French turbot, from Old Swedish tornbut, from törn (“thorn”) + but (“butt, flatfish”).
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