turbot UK /ˈtɜːbət/US /ˈtɝbət/ noun3 •Any member of the species Scophthalmus maximus (syn. Psetta maxima) of flatfish native to Europe.“With vegetables in it, you know. Then turbot with thick sauce, then ... roast beef; and mind it’s good. Yes, and capons, perhaps, and then sweets.” — 1901 •Any of various other flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae that are found in marine or brackish waters. •A triggerfish (Canthidermis sufflamen). formsturbots