Meaning of SANDFISH
| Pronunciation: | | 'sand`fish
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | beaked salmon, Gonorhynchus gonorhynchus |
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| | See Also: | | family Trichodontidae, genus Gonorhynchus, Gonorhynchus, malacopterygian, percoid, percoid fish, percoidean, soft-finned fish, Trichodontidae | |
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| | Definition: | | \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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