SAND LANCE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches

Synonyms:

launce; sand eel; sand lance; sand launce

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("sand lance" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("sand lance" is a member of...):

Ammodytes; genus Ammodytes (type genus of the Ammodytidae)