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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any of genus Gonorynchus (also called beaked sandfishes), long, thin ray-finned fishes (family Gonorychidae)
2. 2
   fish of sandy areas of western Pacific and Indian oceans having an angular snout for burrowing into sand wordnet
3. 3
   Any of several marine fishes that burrow into sandy seabeds; in Trichodontidae, a family of perch-like fish
4. 4
   either of two small silvery scaleless fishes of the northern Pacific that burrow into sand wordnet
5. 5
   Any of several marine fishes that burrow into sandy seabeds; of species Awaous tajasica, usually sand fish, a species of goby fish (family Gobiidae)

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6. 6
   Any of several marine fishes that burrow into sandy seabeds; of species Malacanthus plumieri (sand tilefish, family Malacanthidae)
7. 7
   Any of several marine fishes that burrow into sandy seabeds; of species Diplectrum formosum (sand perch, family Serranidae)
8. 8
   Other animals that notably burrow in sand:; sandfish skink (Scincus scincus), a land-dwelling lizard that swims in sand
9. 9
   Other animals that notably burrow in sand:; a sea cucumber of species Holothuria scabra or Thelenota ananas.

Synonyms

All synonyms

beaked salmonbeaked salmongonorhynchus gonorhynchus

Etymology

From sand + fish.

Related phrases

Japanese sandfishPacific sandfishbelted sandfishbroad sandfishclanwilliam sandfishobtuse sandfishsailfin sandfishsandfish skinksouthern sandfishsand perchsea cucumber

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