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Sandfish
Genus Gonorynchus spp. (also called beaked sandfish), long, thin ray-finned fishes (family Gonorychidae)
📖 Definitions of "Sandfish"
noun
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Genus Gonorynchus spp. (also called beaked sandfish), long, thin ray-finned fishes (family Gonorychidae)
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Any of several marine fishes that burrow into sandy seabeds
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Other animals that notably burrow in sand:
🔄 Synonyms of "Sandfish"
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| Word | Definition |
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| beaked salmonnoun | Any of several species of long, thin ray-finned fish in genus Gonorynchus (family Gonorynchidae) that live on sandy bottoms near shorelines. |
| gonorhynchus gonorhynchusnoun | fish of sandy areas of western pacific and indian oceans having an angular snout for burrowing into sand |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Sandfish"
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| Word | Definition |
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| beaked salmonnoun | Any of several species of long, thin ray-finned fish in genus Gonorynchus (family Gonorynchidae) that live on sandy bottoms near shorelines. |
| gonorhynchus gonorhynchusnoun | fish of sandy areas of western pacific and indian oceans having an angular snout for burrowing into sand |
| mousefishnoun | The sargassum fish, Histrio histrio. |
| gonorynchidnoun | (zoology) Any fish in the family Gonorynchidae; a beaked salmon. |
| horsefishnoun | Any of several species of fish in the family Congiopodidae. |
| gonorynchiformnoun | (zoology) Any ray-finned fish of the order Gonorynchiformes |
| garfishnoun | (especially UK, Ireland) Any fish of the needlefish family Belonidae, with a long narrow body and needle-shaped jaws, especially the European species Belone belone. |
| batfishnoun | Any of several spade-shaped, laterally compressed, reef-dwelling tropical fish of the genus Platax. |
| sand floundernoun | Any of the family Paralichthyidae of flounders. |
| hornfishnoun | A garfish or sea needle. |
| needlefishnoun | Any of certain species of slender fish, principally of the family Belonidae, many usually found in shallow marine habitats. |
| bandfishnoun | Any of many perciform fish of the family Cepolidae |
| springfishnoun | Any of the fish in the goodeid genus Crenichthys. |
| chalkfishnoun | The sandfish Bohadschia similis |
| boarfishnoun | Any of a number of fish that have a projecting snout, in either of two families: |
| chinafishnoun | Any of several fish of the family Ophicephalidae or of the genus Sebastodes |
| goosefishnoun | Any anglerfish of the family Lophiidae. |
| long-nosenoun | The needlefish, garfish. |
| snakefishnoun | Any of the several fish that resemble a snake. |
| filefishnoun | Any fish of the family Monacanthidae, with very slender bodies. |
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