Meanings
nounsand lance (plural sand lances)
plural sand lances · alternative sandlance
- Any of the slender fish of the family Ammodytidae.
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
nounvery small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches
Broader
spiny-finned fishacanthopterygian
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan trencavits
- trencavitsfish of the family Ammodytidae
Chinese Mandarin 玉筋魚 /玉筋鱼
- 玉筋魚 /玉筋鱼 (yùjīnyú)fish of the family Ammodytidae
Finnish tuulenkala
- tuulenkalafish of the family Ammodytidae
French anguille de sable, lançon
- anguille de sablefish of the family Ammodytidae
- lançonfish of the family Ammodytidae
- équillefish of the family Ammodytidae
Irish corr ghainimh
- corr ghainimhfish of the family Ammodytidae
Portuguese galeota, sandilho
- galeotafish of the family Ammodytidae
- sandilhofish of the family Ammodytidae
Swedish tobisfisk
- tobisfiskfish of the family Ammodytidae
Turkish kum balığı
- kum balığıfish of the family Ammodytidae
Cite this entry
APA
sand lance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sand%20lance
MLA
“sand lance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sand%20lance. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sand lance,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sand%20lance.
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