turbot

Etymology

From Middle English turbot, turbut, from Anglo-Norman turbut, Old French turbot, torbot, from Old Swedish tornbut, from törn (“thorn”) + but (“butt, flatfish”).

noun

1. A species of flatfish native to Europe (Scophthalmus maximus, earlier Psetta maxima).
2. Any of various other flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae that are found in marine or brackish waters.
   Eldridge closed the despatch-case with a snap and, rising briskly, walked down the corridor to his solitary table in the dining-car. Mulligatawny soup, poached turbot, roast leg of lamb—the usual railway dinner. 1931, Francis Beeding, “1/1”, in Death Walks in Eastrepps
3. Triggerfish, Canthidermis sufflamen.