Sandfish

Sandfish
Sandfish Sand"fish`, n. (Zo["o]l.) A small marine fish of the Pacific coast of North America ({Trichodon trichodon}) which buries itself in the sand. [1913 Webster]

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  • beaked sandfish — paprastoji arkliagalvė statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Gonorynchus gonorynchus angl. beaked sandfish; sand eel rus. обыкновенный гоноринх; обыкновенный конорыл ryšiai: platesnis terminas –… …   Žuvų pavadinimų žodynas

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