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Definition of Ammodytidae
1. Noun. Sand lances.
Exact synonyms: Family Ammodytidae
Generic synonyms: Fish Family
Group relationships: Order Perciformes, Order Percomorphi, Perciformes, Percomorphi
Member holonyms: Ammodytes, Genus Ammodytes
Generic synonyms: Fish Family
Group relationships: Order Perciformes, Order Percomorphi, Perciformes, Percomorphi
Member holonyms: Ammodytes, Genus Ammodytes
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ammodytidae
Literary usage of Ammodytidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1905)
"Dr. Gill discusses in the Proceedings of the United States National Museum for
1904 the relations of the family of Ammodytidae. In view of the discovery of ..."
2. Ecology and Conservation of the Marbled Murrelet by C. John Ralph (1997)
"They belong to the ammodytidae and are sometimes called sand eels, but they are
not true eels even though eel-like in shape and movement. ..."
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