Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Any of several small marine fishes of the genus Ammodytes, having a slender body with a forked tail fin and often burrowing in the sand of tidelands. Also called launce, sand eel.
WordNet 3.0
- n. very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches
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PECH - marine species
Alaska plaice, African cuttlefish, Alaska pollock, Alaska pollack, walleye pollock, alewife, gaspereau, river herring, sawbelly, allis shad, American angler, goosefish and 994 more...
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fish
masked stargazer, puddingwife, garden eel, swollen-headed co..., velvet belly, curious wormfish, gorgeous barb, bumpytail ragged-..., upside down sleeper, crazy fish, white sucker, clown toado and 211 more...
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Sand
A nitty-gritty list for words containing sand-, -sand-, or -sand; and apropos terms and phrases. Your contributions are welcome.
sand-blast, sand-jet, greensand, sandpaper, sandlot, sandstorm, sandbar, sandbag, sandwich, sandwort, Cassandra, sandhog and 218 more...
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Weaponized animals
cut-throat finch, jack-knifefish, spear-winged fly, ghost knifefish, riflebird, bombardier beetle, daggernose shark, dagger nematode, daggertooth pike ..., swordfish, bomb fly, hammer-headed bat and 104 more...
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