| 单词 | sand dab |
| 释义 | > as lemmassand dab sand dab n. (a) either of two eastern North American flatfishes, the American plaice, Hippoglossoides platessoides, or the windowpane, Scophthalmus aquosus; (b) dialect = dab n.2 ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Pleuronectiformes (flat-fish) > [noun] > family Pleuronectidae > member of genus Hippoglossus (halibut) halibutc1430 turbot1555 roughback1795 sand dab1839 witch1874 the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Pleuronectiformes (flat-fish) > [noun] > family Scophthalmidae (turbot) > genus or member of Scophthalmus > scophthalmus aquosus (sand dab) sand dab1839 windowpane1873 daylight1880 1839 D. H. Storer in D. H. Storer & W. B. O. Peabody Rep. Fishes, Reptiles & Birds Mass. 143 Platessa dentata..known by the fishermen as the ‘Sand-dab’ in the Boston market. 1880–4 F. Day Fishes Great Brit. & Ireland II. 33 Of Yorkshire it [Pleuronectes limanda] is..abundant, and known as the ‘sand-dab’ at Redcar. 1884 G. B. Goode in G. B. Goode et al. Fisheries U.S.: Sect. I 197 The Sand Dab, or Rough Dab, Hippoglossoides platessoides..is taken in winter by the line fishermen of New England. 1903 T. H. Bean Fishes N.Y. 726 Sand Dab..is also known as the rusty dab. 1924 J. O. La Gorce Bk. Fishes 15/1 The Sand Dab, lying on the sand, has harmonizing blotches imprinted all over the upper part of its body. 1954 J. Steinbeck Sweet Thursday xxiv. 155 Joe Elegant ordered sand dabs for supper. < as lemmas |
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