pleuronectes limanda

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pleuronectes limanda - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Dab \Dab\, n. [Perh. so named from its quickness in diving
     beneath the sand. Cf. Dabchick.] (Zool.)
     A name given to several species of flounders, esp. to the
     European species, Pleuronectes limanda. The American rough
     dab is Hippoglossoides platessoides.
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