ammodyte

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English

Ammodytes tobianus
Vipera ammodytes

Etymology

From Latin ammodytes, from Ancient Greek "sand burrower, a kind of serpent".

Noun

ammodyte (plural ammodytes)

  1. (obsolete) One of the genus Ammodytes of fishes; the sand eel.
  2. (obsolete) A species of viper (Vipera ammodytes) of southeastern Europe.

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Noun

ammodyte f (plural ammodytes)

  1. ammodyte (all senses)

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