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Sandfish

Sandfish Meaning & Definition
Sandfish Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Sandfish?

[n] fish of sandy areas of western Pacific and Indian oceans having an angular snout for burrowing into sand
[n] either of two small silvery scaleless fishes of the north Pacific that burrow into sand

Synonyms | Synonyms for Sandfish: beaked salmon | Gonorhynchus gonorhynchus

Related Terms | Find terms related to Sandfish:

See Also | family Trichodontidae | genus Gonorhynchus | Gonorhynchus | malacopterygian | percoid | percoid fish | percoidean | soft-finned fish | Trichodontidae

Sandfish In Webster's Dictionary

\Sand"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A small marine fish of the Pacific coast of North America ({Trichodon trichodon}) which buries itself in the sand.

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