sandfish
Any member of the genus Gonorynchus, long, thin ray-finned fishesAny member of the genus Gonorynchus (also called beaked sandfishes), long, thin ray-finned fishes (family Gonorychidae)
Meaning
7 sensesAny member of the genus Gonorynchus (also called beaked sandfishes), long, thin ray-finned fishes (family Gonorychidae)
Any of several marine fishes that burrow into sandy seabeds
In Trichodontidae, a family of perch-like fish
Of species Awaous tajasica, usually sand fish, a species of goby fish (family Gobiidae)
Of species Malacanthus plumieri (sand tilefish, family Malacanthidae)
Of species Diplectrum formosum (sand perch, family Serranidae)
Other animals that notably burrow in sand:
Sandfish skink (Scincus scincus), a land-dwelling lizard that swims in sand
A sea cucumber of species Holothuria scabra or Thelenota ananas.
- either of two small silvery scaleless fishes of the northern Pacific that burrow into sand
- fish of sandy areas of western Pacific and Indian oceans having an angular snout for burrowing into sand
Origin
From sand + fish.From sand + fish.
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Forms
plural: sandfishes / sandfish| Singular | sandfish |
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Synonyms
2 synonyms- fish of sandy areas of western Pacific and Indian oceans having an angular snout for burrowing into sand:beaked salmonGonorhynchus gonorhynchus
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular