sand lance

English

puffin with a catch of sand lances

Alternative forms

• sandlance

Noun

sand lance (plural sand lances)

1. Any of the slender fish of the family Ammodytidae.

Synonyms

• (Ammodytidae): sand eel, launce

Translations

fish of the family Ammodytidae

• Catalan: trencavits (ca) m
• Finnish: tuulenkala
• French: anguille de sable (fr) f, lançon (fr) m, équille (fr) f
• Galician: pión (gl) m, lubión m
• Irish: corr ghainimh f
• Norman: lanchon m (Jersey), lànchaon m (Guernsey), launchoun m (France)
• Portuguese: galeota (pt) f, sandilho m
• Turkish: kum balığı (tr)

References

• sand lance on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ammodytidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Ammodytidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• canelands