HyperDic: sand_eel

English > 1 sense of the expression sand eel:
NOUNanimalsand eel, sand lance, sand launce, launcevery small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches
English > sand eel: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningVery small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches.
Synonymssand lance, sand launce, launce
Member ofAmmodytes, genus Ammodytestype genus of the Ammodytidae
Broaderspiny-finned fish, acanthopterygianA teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays
Spanishlaunce
Catalanlaunce

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