sandfish
Etymology
From sand + fish.
sandfish means any of genus Gonorynchus (also called beaked sandfishes), long, thin ray-finned fishes (family Gonorychidae). Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 85 out of 100.
noun
- Any of genus Gonorynchus (also called beaked sandfishes), long, thin ray-finned fishes (family Gonorychidae)
- Any of several marine fishes that burrow into sandy seabeds; in Trichodontidae, a family of perch-like fish
- Any of several marine fishes that burrow into sandy seabeds; of species Awaous tajasica, usually sand fish, a species of goby fish (family Gobiidae)
- Any of several marine fishes that burrow into sandy seabeds; of species Malacanthus plumieri (sand tilefish, family Malacanthidae)
- Any of several marine fishes that burrow into sandy seabeds; of species Diplectrum formosum (sand perch, family Serranidae)
- Other animals that notably burrow in sand:; sandfish skink (Scincus scincus), a land-dwelling lizard that swims in sand