Noun: launce lãn(t)s
- Very small silvery eel-like schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches
"sand launces are an important food source for many marine predators";
- sand lance, sand launce, sand eel
Derived forms: launces
Type of: acanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish
Part of: Ammodytes, genus Ammodytes
Encyclopedia: Launce