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Webster 1913 Edition


Sandfish

Sand′fishˊ

,
Noun.
(Zool.)
A small marine fish of the Pacific coast of North America (
Trichodon trichodon
) which buries itself in the sand.

Definition 2024


sandfish

sandfish

English

Noun

sandfish (plural sandfishes or sandfish)

  1. Any of several marine fish that burrow into sandy seabeds
  2. The beaked salmon (Gonorhynchus gonorhynchus)

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