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AMMODYTES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Ammodytes mean?
• AMMODYTES (noun)
The noun AMMODYTES has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Ammodytidae
Familiarity information: AMMODYTES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Ammodytidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Ammodytes; genus Ammodytes
Hypernyms ("Ammodytes" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Ammodytes"):
launce; sand eel; sand lance; sand launce (very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches)
Holonyms ("Ammodytes" is a member of...):
Ammodytidae; family Ammodytidae (sand lances)
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