SAND DAB

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sand dab mean? 

• SAND DAB (noun)
  The noun SAND DAB has 2 senses:

1. the lean flesh of a small flounder from the Pacific coast of North America

2. small food fishes of the Pacific coast of North America

  Familiarity information: SAND DAB used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAND DAB (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The lean flesh of a small flounder from the Pacific coast of North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("sand dab" is a kind of...):

flounder (flesh of any of various American and European flatfish)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Small food fishes of the Pacific coast of North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("sand dab" is a kind of...):

lefteye flounder; lefteyed flounder (flatfishes with both eyes on the left side of the head)

Holonyms ("sand dab" is a member of...):

Citharichthys; genus Citharichthys (a genus of Bothidae)