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dabSmall marine flatfish of the flounder family, especially the genus Limanda. Dabs live in the North Atlantic and around the coasts of Britain and Scandinavia. Species include L. limanda which grows to about 40 cm/16 in, and the American dab L. proboscida, which grows to 30 cm/12 in. Both have both eyes on the right side of their bodies. The left, or blind, side is white, while the rough-scaled right side is light-brown or grey, with dark-brown spots. |
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For some years Wilson had been privately at work on a whimsical almanac, for his amusement--a calendar, with a little dab of ostensible philosophy, usually in ironical form, appended to each date; and the judge thought that these quips and fancies of Wilson's were neatly turned and cute; so he carried a handful of them around one day, and read them to some of the chief citizens. He was a smooth one to talk, and was a dab at the ways of gentlefolks. The youth saw his features wrathfully red, and saw him make a dab with his sword. |
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