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sand lance
sand lance or sand·lance (sănd′lăns′)n. Any of several small slender marine fishes of the family Ammodytidae, which burrow in the sand and are often used for bait. Also called launce, sand eel.sand lance or sand launcen (Animals) another name for the sand eelsand′ lance`
n. any slender marine fish of the family Ammodytidae that burrows into the sand. [1770–80; appar. lance, from its shape] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  sand lance - very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beacheslaunce, sand eel, sand launceacanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish - a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible raysAmmodytes, genus Ammodytes - type genus of the Ammodytidae |
EncyclopediaSeeAmmodytidaesand lance
Synonyms for sand lancenoun very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beachesSynonyms- launce
- sand eel
- sand launce
Related Words- acanthopterygian
- spiny-finned fish
- Ammodytes
- genus Ammodytes
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