| dab | <zoology> A name given to several species of ounders, especially. To the European spesies, Pleuronectes imanda. TheAmerican rough dab is Hippoglossoides platessoides. Origin: Perh. So named from its quickness in diving beneath the sand. Cf. Dabchick. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| dabb | <zoology> A large, spine-tailed lizard (Uromastix spinipes), found in Egypt, Arabia, and Palestine. Synonym: dhobb, and dhabb. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| dabble | To wet by little dips or strokes; to spatter; to sprinkle; to moisten; to wet. "Bright hair dabbled in blood." Origin: Freq. Of dab: cf. OD. Dabbelen. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| dabchick | <zoology> A small water bird (Podilymbus podiceps), allied to the grebes, remarkable for its quickness in diving. Synonym: dapchick, dobchick, dipchick, didapper, dobber, devil-diver, hell-diver, and pied-billed grebe. Origin: For dabchick. See Dap, Dip, cf. Dipchick. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| daboia | <zoology> A large and highly venomous Asiatic viper (Daboia xanthica). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| dabs | Antibodies that have only one protein chain, derived from only one of the domains of the antibody structure. While whole antibodies have two pairs of protein chains, and need to be engineered with two genes, dabs offer a way to clone antibody-like molecules into bacteria more easily and efficiently. (14 Nov 1997) |
| smear dab | <zoology> The sand fluke . Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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