Sand Eel (Noun)
Meaning
Very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Small shorebirds feed on sand eels that they dig up from shallow burrows in the sand.
- A school of sand eels swam rapidly through the shallow water near the shore.
- Sand eels are often caught by trawling or dredging in coastal waters.
- The sand eel population declined due to overfishing of their favorite food source.
- Wading birds commonly forage for sand eels in the exposed intertidal zones of beaches.