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Noun: sand eel
  1. Very small silvery eel-like schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches
    - sand lance, sand launce, launce

Derived forms: sand eels

Type of: acanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish

Part of: Ammodytes, genus Ammodytes

Encyclopedia: Sand eel