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SAND STARGAZER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sand stargazer mean?
• SAND STARGAZER (noun)
The noun SAND STARGAZER has 1 sense:
1. small pallid fishes of shoal tropical waters of North America and South America having eyes on stalks atop head; they burrow in sand to await prey
Familiarity information: SAND STARGAZER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small pallid fishes of shoal tropical waters of North America and South America having eyes on stalks atop head; they burrow in sand to await prey
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("sand stargazer" is a kind of...):
percoid; percoid fish; percoidean (any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes)
Holonyms ("sand stargazer" is a member of...):
Dactyloscopidae; family Dactyloscopidae (sand stargazers)
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