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Noun: sand lance
  1. Very small silvery eel-like schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches
    "Sand lances are an important food source for many marine predators";
    - sand launce, sand eel, launce

Derived forms: sand lances

Type of: acanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish

Part of: Ammodytes, genus Ammodytes

Encyclopedia: Sand lance