HyperDic: sand_lance

English > 1 sense of the expression sand lance:
NOUNanimalsand lance, sand launce, sand eel, launcevery small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches
English > sand lance: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningVery small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches.
Synonymssand launce, sand eel, 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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