sandfish
The English word “sandfish” has 7 meanings listed here.
noun
- Any member of the genus Gonorynchus (also called beaked sandfishes), long, thin ray-finned fishes (family Gonorychidae)
- in Trichodontidae, a family of perch-like fish
- of species Awaous tajasica, usually sand fish, a species of goby fish (family Gobiidae)
- of species Malacanthus plumieri (sand tilefish, family Malacanthidae)
- of species Diplectrum formosum (sand perch, family Serranidae)
- sandfish skink (Scincus scincus), a land-dwelling lizard that swims in sand
- a sea cucumber of species Holothuria scabra or Thelenota ananas.
Etymology
From sand + fish.
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