HyperDic: sand_stargazer

English > 1 sense of the expression sand stargazer:
NOUNanimalsand stargazersmall pallid fishes of shoal tropical waters of North America and South America having eyes on stalks atop head
English > sand stargazer: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningsmall pallid fishes of shoal tropical waters of North America and South America having eyes on stalks atop head; they burrow in sand to await prey.
Member ofDactyloscopidae, family Dactyloscopidaesand stargazers
Broaderpercoid fish, percoid, percoideanAny of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes

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