Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows
or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps
Noun: sand stargazer
  1. Small pallid fishes of shoal tropical waters of North America and South America having eyes on stalks atop head; they burrow in sand to await prey
    "The sand stargazer's unique eye placement allows it to spot prey while remaining hidden"

Derived forms: sand stargazers

Type of: percoid, percoid fish, percoidean

Part of: Dactyloscopidae, family Dactyloscopidae

Encyclopedia: Sand stargazer