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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An anacanthine fish of the genus Ammodytes.
  • noun A fish, Gonorhynchus greyi, of the family Gonorhynchidæ.

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  • noun Any of various species of slim fish, resembling eels, especially of the genus Ammodytes.

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  • noun very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches

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