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| tur·bot [ túrbət ] (plural tur·bot or tur·bots) |
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1. European flatfish: a flatfish that is almost circular with bony tubercles on its body and both eyes on the left side. Native to: Europe. Latin name Scophthalmus maximus.
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2. turbot as food: the flesh of a turbot as food
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3. flatfish: a flatfish in the same family as the European turbot, e.g. the spotted turbot of the Pacific. Family Pleuronectidae.
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| [13th century. Via Old French< Old Swedish törnbut "thorn-flatfish"; from the bony tubercles on its back] |
