sand lance

Noun

Synonyms: sand lance sand launce sand eel launce

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beachesSynonyms: sand lance sand launce sand eel launce

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Lance fish \Lance" fish`\n. (Zool.) A slender marine fish of the genus Ammodytes, especially Ammodytes tobianus of the English coast; -- called also sand lance. [1913 Webster] Lancegay