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sand lance

or sand launce

noun

  1. any slender marine fish of the family Ammodytidae that burrows into the sand.


sand lance

noun

  1. another name for the sand eel
“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 lance1

First recorded in 1770–80

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