Sand Launce (Noun)
Meaning
Very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Sand launce swam together in large schools just beneath the surface of the water near the beach.
- A school of sand launce was seen swimming in the shallow waters near the shoreline.
- Sand launce were often found buried in the sand at low tide, where they hid from predators.
- During low tide, children would search for sand launce that had been left stranded in the shallow pools of water.
- The sand launce population in the area was an important food source for many larger fish species.