Definition of turbots Turbots

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Noun Plural: turbots
turbot - a large brownish European flatfish
		Psetta maxima
		lefteye flounder, lefteyed flounder flatfishes with both eyes on the left side of the head
		genus psetta, psetta a genus of Bothidae
turbot - flesh of a large European flatfish
		flounder any of various European and non-European marine flatfish

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turbot (Noun)
Any of various flatfishes of family that are found in marine or brackish waters.

turbot (n.)
A large European flounder (Rhombus maximus) highly esteemed as a food fish. It often weighs from thirty to forty pounds. Its color on the upper side is brownish with small roundish tubercles scattered over the surface. The lower, or blind, side is white. Called also bannock fluke.
turbot (n.)
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.
turbot (n.)
The filefish; -- so called in Bermuda.
turbot (n.)
The trigger fish.

turbot
tur′bot, n. a highly esteemed food-fish of the genus Rhombus and family Pleuronectidæ or Flat-fishes, abundant in the North Sea. [O. Fr., turbot, prob. formed from L. turbo, a spinning-top.]

turbot
The Pleuronectes maximus, a flat fish in the highest esteem with all ichthyophagi.

Turbot are a large type of flatfish. People want them for their meat. When caught, professional fishermen often make a small cuts through the bone near the tailfin. This lets the blood out and keeps the meat white. Storing the Turbot upside down also helps in keeping the underside of the fish white.