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AMMODYTES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Ammodytidae
Synonyms:
Ammodytes; genus Ammodytes
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Ammodytes" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Ammodytes"):
launce; sand eel; sand lance; sand launce (very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches)
Holonyms ("Ammodytes" is a member of...):
Ammodytidae; family Ammodytidae (sand lances)
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