SAND LANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sand lance mean? 

• SAND LANCE (noun)
  The noun SAND LANCE has 1 sense:

1. very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches

  Familiarity information: SAND LANCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAND LANCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

launce; sand eel; sand lance; sand launce

Hypernyms ("sand lance" is a kind of...):

acanthopterygian; spiny-finned fish (a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays)

Holonyms ("sand lance" is a member of...):

Ammodytes; genus Ammodytes (type genus of the Ammodytidae)