sandfish
(noun) either of two small silvery scaleless fishes of the northern Pacific that burrow into sand
Source: WordNet® 3.1
sandfish (plural sandfishes or sandfish)
Genus Gonorynchus spp. (also called beaked sandfish), long, thin ray-finned fishes (family Gonorychidae)
Any of several marine fishes that burrow into sandy seabeds
Trichodontidae, a family of perch-like fish
Awaous tajasica, usually sand fish, a species of goby fish (family Gobiidae)
Malacanthus plumieri (sand tilefish, family Malacanthidae)
Diplectrum formosum (sand perch, family Serranidae)
Other animals that notably burrow in sand
sandfish skink (Scincus scincus), a land-dwelling lizard that swims in sand
certain sea cucumbers (Holothuria scabra and Thelenota ananas)
Source: Wiktionary
Sand"fish`, n. (Zo\'94l.)
Definition: A small marine fish of the Pacific coast of North America (Trichodon trichodon) which buries itself in the sand.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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