| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| turbot |
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| SYLLABICATION: | tur·bot |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  tûr b t |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. turbot or tur·bots
1. A European flatfish, Scophthalmus maximus, that has a brown knobby upper side and is prized as food. 2. Any of various flatfishes similar or related to this fish. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English turbut, from Old French tourbout, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Swedish törnbut : törn, thorn + but, flatfish; see bhau- in Appendix I.
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