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Definition of Sand dab

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

2. Noun. Small food fishes of the Pacific coast of North America.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sand Dab

sand bars sand bath sand berry sand blackberry sand bodies sand boil sand box sand boxes sand cast sand cat

sand cats sand cherry sand crab sand crack sand cricket sand dab (current term) sand devil's claw sand dollar sand dollars sand down

sand dropseed sand dune sand dunes sand eel sand flea sand fleas sand fly sand grouse sand hog sand hopper

Literary usage of Sand dab

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Manual of Fish-culture: Based on the Methods of the United States by United States Bureau of Fisheries, John J. Brice, Henry Frank Moore, Frederick M. Chamberlain (1897)
"Besides the flatfish or winter flounder, two other flounders have been artificially hatched, on a small scale, at Woods Hole; these are the sand-dab (Bothun ..."

2. Sea-fish: An Account of the Methods of Angling as Practised on the English by Frederick George Aflalo (1898)
"It is this latter, the sand-dab, that the angler is most likely to catch; indeed, ... Both this and the larger dab have very rough skin, and the sand-dab is ..."

3. Bohemian San Francisco: Its Restaurants and Their Most Famous Recipes; the by Clarence Edgar Edwords (1914)
"PALACE With the bone of the sand-dab, well cleaned, make a stock with one bottle of Riesling, juice of one lemon and seasoning. Add chervil and tarragon. ..."

4. A Summer Cruise on the Coast of New England by Robert Carter (1864)
"This fish, though called flounder in New York, is termed "sand-dab" by the ... One side of the " sand-dab " — the right side — is of reddish-brown color; ..."

5. A Summer Cruise on the Coast of New England by Robert Carter (1888)
"This fish, though called flounder in New York, is termed "sand-dab" by the ... One side of the " sand-dab " — the right side — is of reddish-brown color; ..."

6. Sea Fishing by John Bickerdyke, William Senior, Alfred Harmsworth Northcliffe (1895)
"The sand dab is not sufficiently appreciated. When fresh, unless taken from HOOK FOR muddy waters, it is nearly as good as a sole. ..."

7. The Outdoorsman's Handbook (formerly The Angler's Guide) by Warren Hastings Miller (1909)
"Flounder, Rusty (sand dab, Rough Dab, etc.): Caught on Summer Flounder ... Flounder, Sand-Dab: Some thirty species are common on the California coast. ..."

8. A Manual of Fish-culture: Based on the Methods of the United States by United States Bureau of Fisheries, John J. Brice, Henry Frank Moore, Frederick M. Chamberlain (1897)
"Besides the flatfish or winter flounder, two other flounders have been artificially hatched, on a small scale, at Woods Hole; these are the sand-dab (Bothun ..."

9. Sea-fish: An Account of the Methods of Angling as Practised on the English by Frederick George Aflalo (1898)
"It is this latter, the sand-dab, that the angler is most likely to catch; indeed, ... Both this and the larger dab have very rough skin, and the sand-dab is ..."

10. Bohemian San Francisco: Its Restaurants and Their Most Famous Recipes; the by Clarence Edgar Edwords (1914)
"PALACE With the bone of the sand-dab, well cleaned, make a stock with one bottle of Riesling, juice of one lemon and seasoning. Add chervil and tarragon. ..."

11. A Summer Cruise on the Coast of New England by Robert Carter (1864)
"This fish, though called flounder in New York, is termed "sand-dab" by the ... One side of the " sand-dab " — the right side — is of reddish-brown color; ..."

12. A Summer Cruise on the Coast of New England by Robert Carter (1888)
"This fish, though called flounder in New York, is termed "sand-dab" by the ... One side of the " sand-dab " — the right side — is of reddish-brown color; ..."

13. Sea Fishing by John Bickerdyke, William Senior, Alfred Harmsworth Northcliffe (1895)
"The sand dab is not sufficiently appreciated. When fresh, unless taken from HOOK FOR muddy waters, it is nearly as good as a sole. ..."

14. The Outdoorsman's Handbook (formerly The Angler's Guide) by Warren Hastings Miller (1909)
"Flounder, Rusty (sand dab, Rough Dab, etc.): Caught on Summer Flounder ... Flounder, Sand-Dab: Some thirty species are common on the California coast. ..."

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