"sandfish" meaning in English

See sandfish in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: sandfishes [plural], sandfish [plural]
Etymology: From sand + fish. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|sand|fish}} sand + fish Head templates: {{en-noun|+|sandfish}} sandfish (plural sandfishes or sandfish)
  1. Any of genus Gonorynchus (also called beaked sandfishes), long, thin ray-finned fishes (family Gonorychidae)
    Sense id: en-sandfish-en-noun-4QpPqqhU
  2. Any of several marine fishes that burrow into sandy seabeds
    in Trichodontidae, a family of perch-like fish
    Categories (lifeform): Gobies, Otocephalan fish, Serranids, Trachinoid fish
    Sense id: en-sandfish-en-noun-6F3OZrJn Disambiguation of Gobies: 8 26 23 8 10 15 10 Disambiguation of Otocephalan fish: 8 27 22 8 10 15 10 Disambiguation of Serranids: 8 29 18 8 14 15 9 Disambiguation of Trachinoid fish: 9 27 21 8 10 15 10
  3. Any of several marine fishes that burrow into sandy seabeds
    of species Awaous tajasica, usually sand fish, a species of goby fish (family Gobiidae)
    Categories (lifeform): Gobies
    Sense id: en-sandfish-en-noun-6628GNmk Disambiguation of Gobies: 8 26 23 8 10 15 10
  4. Any of several marine fishes that burrow into sandy seabeds
    of species Malacanthus plumieri (sand tilefish, family Malacanthidae)
    Sense id: en-sandfish-en-noun-qMI5SEbQ
  5. Any of several marine fishes that burrow into sandy seabeds
    of species Diplectrum formosum (sand perch, family Serranidae)
    Categories (lifeform): Gobies
    Sense id: en-sandfish-en-noun-CK5qsSnp Disambiguation of Gobies: 8 26 23 8 10 15 10
  6. Other animals that notably burrow in sand:
    sandfish skink (Scincus scincus), a land-dwelling lizard that swims in sand
    Categories (lifeform): Gobies, Scincomorph lizards
    Sense id: en-sandfish-en-noun-5QBRBfDk Disambiguation of Gobies: 8 26 23 8 10 15 10 Disambiguation of Scincomorph lizards: 10 9 8 10 9 37 16 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 13 9 12 13 29 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 15 11 12 14 28 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 14 11 12 13 29 9
  7. Other animals that notably burrow in sand:
    a sea cucumber of species Holothuria scabra or Thelenota ananas.
    Sense id: en-sandfish-en-noun-9Z5BMNDs
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: belted sandfish (english: Serranus subligarius in family Serranidae), broad sandfish (alt: Enigmapercis reducta), clanwilliam sandfish (alt: Labeo seeberi in family Cyprinidae), Japanese sandfish (taxonomic: Trichodon trichodon), obtuse sandfish (alt: Squamicreedia obtusa), Pacific sandfish (taxonomic: Trichodon trichodon), sailfin sandfish (taxonomic: Arctoscopus japonicus), sandfish skink (taxonomic: Scincus scincus), southern sandfish (english: family Leptoscopidae)

Inflected forms

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