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Definition of Sand launce

1. Noun. Very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sand Launce

Literary usage of Sand launce

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"Sand-eels aro common in all suitable localities of the North Atlantic; a species scarcely distinct from the European common sand-launce occurs on the ..."

2. A Year at the Shore by Philip Henry Gosse (1865)
"It is a Sand- launce,1 and very slyly is it endeavouring to make its way down to the rippling edge of the wave, to liberty and life. But not so fast, ..."

3. Tenby: A Sea-side Holiday by Philip Henry Gosse (1856)
"... Structure and Reproduction—Virgin Ascidia—Clavelina— sand launce—Shanny— Popular Nomenclature—Dictyota—Bryopsis—Levels of Organic ..."

4. Sea-fishing as a Sport: Being an Account of the Various Kinds of Sea Fish by Lambton J. H. Young (1872)
"THE sand launce Is one of great value, and is found in the sand near low-water mark, where they are sought for either by turning back the sand with a shovel ..."

5. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"Sand-eels aro common in all suitable localities of the North Atlantic; a species scarcely distinct from the European common sand-launce occurs on the ..."

6. A Year at the Shore by Philip Henry Gosse (1865)
"It is a Sand- launce,1 and very slyly is it endeavouring to make its way down to the rippling edge of the wave, to liberty and life. But not so fast, ..."

7. Tenby: A Sea-side Holiday by Philip Henry Gosse (1856)
"... Structure and Reproduction—Virgin Ascidia—Clavelina— sand launce—Shanny— Popular Nomenclature—Dictyota—Bryopsis—Levels of Organic ..."

8. Sea-fishing as a Sport: Being an Account of the Various Kinds of Sea Fish by Lambton J. H. Young (1872)
"THE sand launce Is one of great value, and is found in the sand near low-water mark, where they are sought for either by turning back the sand with a shovel ..."

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