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sand dab

sand dab noun: any of various small flatfish of the genus Citharichthys native to the Pacific coast of the Americas.

sand dab: any of various small flatfish of the genus Citharichthys native to the Pacific coast of the Americas
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Noun

sand dab (plural sand dabs)

  1. 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

sand dab meaning in Tamil

sand dab in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

Forms of sand dab

pluralsand dabs
alternative formsanddab

Questions about sand dab

What does sand dab mean?
Sand dab means any of various small flatfish of the genus Citharichthys native to the Pacific coast of the Americas.
What is sand dab in Tamil?
Sand dab in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Sand dab meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sand dab?
Sand dab is a noun.
What is the plural of sand dab?
The plural of sand dab is sand dabs.

Words near sand dab in the dictionary

  1. sand cress
  2. sand cricket
  3. sand crickets
  4. sand crocus
  5. sand culture
  6. sand dab
  7. sand dabs
  8. sand dam
  9. Sand Dancer
  10. Sand Dancers
  11. sand daphne

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