TURBOT


Meaning of TURBOT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈtər-bət ]

noun

( plural turbot also turbots )

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French turbut

Date: 14th century

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.