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ammodyte

ammodyte noun: one of the genus Ammodytes of fishes; the sand eel.

ammodyte: one of the genus Ammodytes of fishes; the sand eel
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Noun

ammodyte (plural ammodytes)

  1. (obsolete) One of the genus Ammodytes of fishes; the sand eel.
  2. (obsolete) A species of viper (Vipera ammodytes) of southeastern Europe.

Forms of ammodyte

pluralammodytes

Origin of ammodyte

From Latin ammodytes, from Ancient Greek "sand burrower, a kind of serpent".

Questions about ammodyte

What does ammodyte mean?
Ammodyte means one of the genus Ammodytes of fishes; the sand eel.
What part of speech is ammodyte?
Ammodyte is a noun.
What is the plural of ammodyte?
The plural of ammodyte is ammodytes.

Words near ammodyte in the dictionary

  1. ammo'd
  2. ammocete
  3. ammocetes
  4. ammocoete
  5. ammocoetes
  6. ammodyte
  7. ammodytes
  8. ammodytid
  9. ammodytids
  10. ammodytin
  11. ammodytins

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