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sandfish

The English word “sandfish” has 7 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Any member of the genus Gonorynchus (also called beaked sandfishes), long, thin ray-finned fishes (family Gonorychidae)
  2. in Trichodontidae, a family of perch-like fish
  3. of species Awaous tajasica, usually sand fish, a species of goby fish (family Gobiidae)
  4. of species Malacanthus plumieri (sand tilefish, family Malacanthidae)
  5. of species Diplectrum formosum (sand perch, family Serranidae)
  6. sandfish skink (Scincus scincus), a land-dwelling lizard that swims in sand
  7. a sea cucumber of species Holothuria scabra or Thelenota ananas.

Etymology

From sand + fish.

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