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sand smelt

sand smelt noun: any of species Atherina presbyter, of estuaries and coasts of the eastern North Atlantic and western Mediterranean.

Noun

sand smelt (countable and uncountable, plural sand smelts)

  1. Any of species Atherina presbyter, of estuaries and coasts of the eastern North Atlantic and western Mediterranean.
    Synonyms:
    common sand smelt
  2. northern whiting (Silago sihama)
  3. common saury (Saurida tumbil)

Synonyms of sand smelt

  • common sand smelt

Forms of sand smelt

pluralsand smelts

Words formed from sand smelt

  • big-scale sand smelt
  • Mediterranean sand smelt
  • southern sand smelt
  • Caspian sand smelt

Questions about sand smelt

What does sand smelt mean?
Sand smelt means any of species Atherina presbyter, of estuaries and coasts of the eastern North Atlantic and western Mediterranean.
What part of speech is sand smelt?
Sand smelt is a noun.
What is the plural of sand smelt?
The plural of sand smelt is sand smelts.

Words near sand smelt in the dictionary

  1. sand skink
  2. sand skinks
  3. sand sludger
  4. sand sludgers
  5. sand slug
  6. sand smelt
  7. sand snake
  8. sand snakes
  9. sand spit
  10. sand spits
  11. sand star

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