sand lance

English

puffin with a catch of sand lances

Alternative forms

sandlance

Noun

sand lance (plural sand lances)

Any of the slender fish of the family Ammodytidae.

Synonyms

(Ammodytidae): sand eel, launce

Translations

fish of the family Ammodytidae

Finnish: tuulenkala
French: anguille de sable (fr) f, lançon (fr) m, équille (fr) f
Irish: corr ghainimh f

Norman: lanchon m (Jersey), lànchaon m (Guernsey), launchoun m (France)
Portuguese: galeota (pt) f, sandilho m

References

sand lance on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Ammodytidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Ammodytidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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