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lancefish

lancefish noun: a slender marine fish of the genus Ammodytes, especially Ammodytes tobianus, found in British waters.

lancefish: a slender marine fish of the genus Ammodytes, especially Ammodytes tobianus, found in British waters
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Noun

lancefish (plural lancefishes or lancefish)

  1. A slender marine fish of the genus Ammodytes, especially Ammodytes tobianus, found in British waters.
    Synonyms:
    lesser sand eel, sand lance

Synonyms of lancefish

Forms of lancefish

plurallancefishes
plurallancefish
alternative formlance-fish
alternative formlance fish

Origin of lancefish

From lance + fish.

Questions about lancefish

What does lancefish mean?
Lancefish means a slender marine fish of the genus Ammodytes, especially Ammodytes tobianus, found in British waters.
What part of speech is lancefish?
Lancefish is a noun.
What is the plural of lancefish?
The plural of lancefish is lancefishes.

Words near lancefish in the dictionary

  1. lancebill
  2. lancebills
  3. lanced
  4. Lancefield
  5. Lancefieldian
  6. lancefish
  7. lancefishes
  8. lancegay
  9. lancegays
  10. lancehead
  11. lanceheads

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