lə̇ˈmandə noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from French limande dab, from Old French, irregular from lime dab, file, from Latin lima file — more at lime
: a genus of flounders that have the eyes on the right side, a humped nose, small scales, and the undersurface often brightly colored and that include certain excellent food fishes of northern temperate seas (as the rusty dab)