turbot
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tur·bot
/ ˈtərbət/
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n.
(pl. same or turbots
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a European flatfish (Scophthalmus maximus, family Scophthalmidae) of inshore waters that has large bony tubercles on the body and is prized as food.
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used in names of similar flatfishes.
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