单词 | town-dab |
释义 | > as lemmastown-dab town-dab n. English regional (southern) the lemon sole, Microstomus kitt. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Pleuronectiformes (flat-fish) > [noun] > family Pleuronectidae > miscellaneous types of sandnecker1835 town-dab1836 rock sole1850 sand-sucker1862 Greenland halibut1872 whiff1873 greenback1947 1836 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Fishes II. 222 It [sc. the Lemon Dab, or Smooth Dab]..is taken on the Sussex coast, where it is known by the name of Town-Dab. 1884 F. Day in Fisheries Exhib. Lit. VIII. 208 Smear-dab (Pleuronectes microcephalus). Names.—Smear-dab..; lemon-dab or lemon-sole (Belfast)..; smooth-dab or bastard-sole; town-dab, Hastings; French sole, Youghal; [etc.]. 1965 B. B. Rae Lemon Sole 7 Other names include lemon-dab (Belfast), town-dab (Hastings), [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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