sandfish
nounEtymology From sand + fish.
7 senses
- 1Any of genus Gonorynchus (also called beaked sandfishes)…
- 2in Trichodontidae, a family of perch-like fish
- 3of species Awaous tajasica, usually sand fish, a species…
- 4of species Malacanthus plumieri (sand tilefish, family…
- 5of species Diplectrum formosum (sand perch, family Serranidae)
- 6sandfish skink (Scincus scincus), a land-dwelling lizard…
- 7a sea cucumber of species Holothuria scabra or Thelenota ananas.
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Any of genus Gonorynchus (also called beaked sandfishes), long, thin ray-finned fishes (family Gonorychidae)
› Any of several marine fishes that burrow…
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in Trichodontidae, a family of perch-like fish
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of species Awaous tajasica, usually sand fish, a species of goby fish (family Gobiidae)
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of species Malacanthus plumieri (sand tilefish, family Malacanthidae)
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of species Diplectrum formosum (sand perch, family Serranidae)
› Other animals that notably burrow in sand:
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sandfish skink (Scincus scincus), a land-dwelling lizard that swims in sand
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a sea cucumber of species Holothuria scabra or Thelenota ananas.
- Derived terms
- belted sandfish, broad sandfish, clanwilliam sandfish, Japanese sandfish, obtuse sandfish, Pacific sandfish, sailfin sandfish, sandfish skink, southern sandfish