sand eel

sand eel

or sand·eel (sănd′ēl′)n. See sand lance.

sand eel

n (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 beacheslaunce, sand lance, sand launceacanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish - a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible raysAmmodytes, genus Ammodytes - type genus of the Ammodytidae

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