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sand dab

–noun
any of several flatfishes used for food, esp. of the genus Citharichthys, inhabiting waters along the Pacific coast of North America.

Origin:
1830–40
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sand dab  
n.  Any of several small food fishes of the genus Citharichthys of Pacific waters, related to and resembling the flounders.
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