sandfish

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English

Etymology

From sand +‎ fish.

Noun

sandfish (plural sandfishes or sandfish)

  1. Any of genus Gonorynchus (also called beaked sandfishes), long, thin ray-finned fishes (family Gonorychidae)
  2. Any of several marine fishes that burrow into sandy seabeds
    1. in Trichodontidae, a family of perch-like fish
    2. of species Awaous tajasica, usually sand fish, a species of goby fish (family Gobiidae)
    3. of species Malacanthus plumieri (sand tilefish, family Malacanthidae)
    4. of species Diplectrum formosum (sand perch, family Serranidae)
  3. Other animals that notably burrow in sand:
    1. sandfish skink (Scincus scincus), a land-dwelling lizard that swims in sand
    2. a sea cucumber of species Holothuria scabra or Thelenota ananas.

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