n.
Pronunciation: ' t ə r-b ə t
Function: noun
Inflected Form: 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