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sand eel

noun

  1. New Zealand. sandfish ( def 2 ).


sand eel

noun

  1. any silvery eel-like marine spiny-finned fish of the family Ammodytidae found burrowing in sand or shingle Popular namelaunce
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of sand eel1

1275–1325; Middle English sandel; sand, eel
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Example Sentences

"Easy fishing," said I, with a certain pity for the sand-eel.

The lead weight, about a yard from the sand-eel, should not be a heavy one.

Occasionally the sand-eel answers better with the bright metal spinner at the head.

As a rule the smaller sized sand-eel is the most killing, and the pattern coloured red often beats the white.

There is a nearly black form of the artificial sand-eel which is sometimes very attractive.

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