dictionary help<zoology> A name given to several species of ounders, especially. To the European spesies, Pleuronectes imanda. TheAmerican rough dab is Hippoglossoides platessoides.
Origin: Perh. So named from its quickness in diving beneath the sand. Cf. Dabchick.
(01 Mar 1998)
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