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Definition of Sand lance
1. Noun. Very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches.
Generic synonyms: Acanthopterygian, Spiny-finned Fish
Group relationships: Ammodytes, Genus Ammodytes
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sand Lance
Literary usage of Sand lance
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ecology and Conservation of the Marbled Murrelet by C. John Ralph (1997)
"Coastal sand lance may bury themselves above low-water mark and remain buried as
the tide recedes and until it covers the area again. ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: To which is by John Jamieson (1880)
"The name given, on the Frith of Forth, to the Sand-lance, when of a large "А.
... Sand-lance; Sand-eel; ..."
3. Zoological Illustrations, Or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare ...by William Swainson by William Swainson (1821)
"Generic Type Sand-Lance. Pennant. AMMODYTES Siculus. Sicilian Sand-Lance. A.
pinna dorsali sinuata, in media angustata, pone anum alt iore. ..."
4. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"Sand-lance, Ammodytes americanus De Kay. Nan tucket. leaves a sandy beach fairly
covered with living "lants " looking like a moving foam of silver. ..."
5. A Guide to the Study of Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1905)
"Sand-lance, Ammodytes americanus De Kay. Nantucket. leaves a sandy beach fairly
covered with living "lants " looking like a moving foam of silver. ..."
6. Appleton's New Practical Cyclopedia: A New Work of Reference Based Upon the by George J Hagar (1910)
"sand lance. See SAND EEL. San Domin'go. See SANTO DOMINGO. Sand'papcr, paper one
side of which is covered with glue, on which sharp sand or powdered glass ..."
7. Ecology and Conservation of the Marbled Murrelet by C. John Ralph (1997)
"Coastal sand lance may bury themselves above low-water mark and remain buried as
the tide recedes and until it covers the area again. ..."
8. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: To which is by John Jamieson (1880)
"The name given, on the Frith of Forth, to the Sand-lance, when of a large "А.
... Sand-lance; Sand-eel; ..."
9. Zoological Illustrations, Or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare ...by William Swainson by William Swainson (1821)
"Generic Type Sand-Lance. Pennant. AMMODYTES Siculus. Sicilian Sand-Lance. A.
pinna dorsali sinuata, in media angustata, pone anum alt iore. ..."
10. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"Sand-lance, Ammodytes americanus De Kay. Nan tucket. leaves a sandy beach fairly
covered with living "lants " looking like a moving foam of silver. ..."
11. A Guide to the Study of Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1905)
"Sand-lance, Ammodytes americanus De Kay. Nantucket. leaves a sandy beach fairly
covered with living "lants " looking like a moving foam of silver. ..."
12. Appleton's New Practical Cyclopedia: A New Work of Reference Based Upon the by George J Hagar (1910)
"sand lance. See SAND EEL. San Domin'go. See SANTO DOMINGO. Sand'papcr, paper one
side of which is covered with glue, on which sharp sand or powdered glass ..."
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