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Dab is a common name for several species of marine flat fish of the families Bothidae and Pleuronectidae, the flat fishes, particularly species of the genus Limanda and in North America Limanda and Citharichthys. The common dab is of a pale-brownish colour spotted with white on the side which it usually keeps uppermost, and white on the underside, and has rougher scales than the other members of the same genus. It is preferred to the flounder for the table.
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Limanda is a genus of marine flatfish, brown or greyish in colour with irregular dark markings and close-set scales. They grow to about 30 cm in length and are commonly known by the name dab or European dab.
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The Uromastix are a genus of approximately 13 species of lizards, related to the iguana, whose members are found in arid regions from north-western India throughout south-western Asia and the Arabian Peninsula to the Sahara of Africa Asia and Africa. The tail is covered with spiny scales. The members of the genus are popularly called dab lizards or spiny tailed lizards.
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DAB is an abbreviation for Defence Acquisition Board
DAB is an abbreviation for Dictionary of American Biography
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Dab is British slang for fingerprint.
Dab is British slang for bad.
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Dab on is British slang for to sign on at the unemployment benefit office.
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Flounder and dab is London Cockney rhyming slang for a taxi (cab).
Research Flounder And Dab
Sherbert dab is London Cockney rhyming slang for a taxi (cab).
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