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LAUNCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches
Synonyms:
launce; sand eel; sand lance; sand launce
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("launce" is a kind of...):
acanthopterygian; spiny-finned fish (a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays)
Holonyms ("launce" is a member of...):
Ammodytes; genus Ammodytes (type genus of the Ammodytidae)