sand eel

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   very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches

   Synonymssand lancesand launcelaunce

   Broaderspiny-finned fish

   Part ofAmmodytes

Questions about sand eel

What does sand eel mean?

sand eel means "very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches".

What is another word for sand eel?

Close synonyms include sand lance, sand launce, launce. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sand eel a common word?

sand eel is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.