sand dab en · NOUN
Meanings
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Any of various small flatfish of the genus Citharichthys native to the Pacific coast of the Americas.
I commanded him. “Stand up.” He looked down, his mouth disobedient and wide and flat and ugly as a sand dab’s, and would not.
2013, Hanya Yanagihara, The People in the Trees, New York: Doubleday, Part 6, p. 336:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sanddab | alternative | lexicographic | |
| sand dabs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |