sand dab

or sand·dab (sănd′dăb′)

Any of several small edible flatfishes, especially those of the genus Citharichthys of Pacific waters.

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sand dab

sanddab

(Animals) any of various small flatfishes of the genus Citharichthys that occur in American Pacific coastal waters and are important food fishes

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sand′ dab`

any of several flatfishes inhabiting waters along the Pacific coast of North America.

[1830–40]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	sand dab - the lean flesh of a small flounder from the Pacific coast of North America flounder - flesh of any of various American and European flatfish
	2.	sand dab - small food fishes of the Pacific coast of North America lefteye flounder, lefteyed flounder - flatfishes with both eyes on the left side of the head Citharichthys, genus Citharichthys - a genus of Bothidae

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Matt Beckett was runner-up with a flounder and a sand dab for 13oz, and Darren Lister came third with two rockling for 12.5oz.

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PJ Smith won the St Mary's match with 4lb 14.5oz, made up of five flounder, five sand dab and a plaice.

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Phil Mann came out on top with a whiting and a sand dab for a total of 1lb 7.5oz, the whiting being the heaviest fish of the match at 1lb 1oz.

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Darren Lister finished third with five rockling and two eelpout, also from Cowbar Jetty, for 1lb 6oz, in a match fished by 14 with 10 weighing in a total of three codling, three flounder, a tadpole fish, a pouting, a sand dab, three eelpout and 15 rockling.

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Stuart Green caught a flounder, a sand dab and a plaice for 1lb 1.5oz from Saltburn Pier.

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Andy Pears also landed five whiting, but just one sand dab, and had to settle for second place with 2lb 13oz.

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The full rover and pairs match was comfortably won by Terry Dalton with six sand dabs, a flounder and four whiting to 6lb 13oz.

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