Found 2 items, similar to sand eel.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: sand eel sand eel n : very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches [syn: sand lance, sand launce, launce]
English → English (gcide) Definition: sand eel Lant \Lant\, n. [Cf. Lance.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of small, slender, marine fishes of the genus Ammedytes. The common European species (Ammedytes tobianus) and the American species (Ammedytes Americanus ) live on sandy shores, buried in the sand, and are caught in large quantities for bait. Called also launce, and sand eel. [1913 Webster]