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sandfish en · NOUN

Etymology

From sand + fish.

Meanings

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

Forms

Deriveds

Pacific sandfish · southern sandfish · belted sandfish · sailfin sandfish · broad sandfish · Japanese sandfish · sandfish skink · obtuse sandfish · clanwilliam sandfish