hippoglossoides platessoides

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Hippoglossoides platessoides
    n 1: large American food fish [syn: {American plaice},
         {Hippoglossoides platessoides}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Dab \Dab\, n. [Perh. so named from its quickness in diving
   beneath the sand. Cf. {Dabchick}.] (Zool.)
   A name given to several species of flounders, esp. to the
   European species, {Pleuronectes limanda}. The American rough
   dab is {Hippoglossoides platessoides}.
   [1913 Webster]