'Pleuronectes limanda' definitions:

Definition of 'Pleuronectes limanda'

From: GCIDE

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. [1913 Webster]