sand eel

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sand eel

See sand lance.

sand eel, lance

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any silvery eel-like marine spiny-finned fish of the family Ammodytidae found burrowing in sand or shingle Popular name launce

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sand eel - very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches

launce, sand lance, sand launce

acanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish - a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays

Ammodytes, genus Ammodytes - type genus of the Ammodytidae

Translations

sand eel n → anguilla della sabbia

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