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    SAND LAUNCE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beachesplay

    Synonyms:

    launce; sand eel; sand lance; sand launce

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

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

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

    Ammodytes; genus Ammodytes (type genus of the Ammodytidae)

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