/terr"beuht/ , n. , pl. ( esp. collectively ) turbot , ( esp. referring to two or more kinds or species ) turbots .
1. a European flatfish, Psetta maxima, having a diamond-shaped body: valued as a food fish.
2. any of several other flatfishes.
3. a triggerfish.
[ 1250-1300; ME turbut tourbot turb ( o ) turbot (L: top; appar. applied to the fish because of its outline; see TURBINE, TURBIT) + OF -ot n. suffix ]