FOOD RESOURCE COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SCIENCES, OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
DABS
Garrett, Theodore Francis (edited by). 1898. the Encyclopedia of Practical Cookery. L. Upcott Gill, 170, Strand, W.C. London. Vol. I
are fish of the species of flounder (Pleuronectes limanda), and are called Dabs because of gthe masterly rapidity whith which they dab or dive under the sand.