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Plural: dabs

Language: English

Description: The dab is a small, lean side swimming flatfish found in the English Channel, North Sea and Atlantic Ocean. It is cooked in the same way as plaice.



| Dab, with thanks to "Au Petit Poissonnier" in the market of Wazemmes in Lille |
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Latin: Limanda limanda
Ethnicity: British, Irish
Most frequent country: UK
Also known as: common dab

See foods and dishes: flet, flounder, fluke, lemon sole, sole, summer flounder, winter flounder, yellowtail |