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Definition of Launce
1. Noun. Very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches.
Generic synonyms: Acanthopterygian, Spiny-finned Fish
Group relationships: Ammodytes, Genus Ammodytes
Definition of Launce
1. n. A lance.
2. n. A balance.
3. n. See Lant, the fish.
Definition of Launce
1. Noun. (obsolete) A lance. ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete) A balance. ¹
3. Noun. (zoology) greater sand eel, ''Hyperoplus lanceolatus'' ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Launce
1. a marine fish [n -S]
Medical Definition of Launce
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Launce
Literary usage of Launce
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Two Gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare, Kenneth Deighton (1905)
"launce. Marry, after they closed in earnest, they parted very fairly in jest ...
launce. Marry, thus ; when it stands well with him, it stands well with her ..."
2. The family Shakespeare [expurgated by T. Bowdler]. in which those words are by William Shakespeare (1853)
"launce. It's no matter for that, so she sleep not in her talk. Speed. Item, She
is slow in words. launce. O villain, that set this down among her vices! ..."
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