English noun: sandfish | |||
1. | sandfish (animal) either of two small silvery scaleless fishes of the northern Pacific that burrow into sand | ||
Broader (hypernym) | percoid, percoid fish, percoidean | ||
Member meronym | family Trichodontidae, Trichodontidae | ||
2. | sandfish (animal) fish of sandy areas of western Pacific and Indian oceans having an angular snout for burrowing into sand | ||
Synonyms | beaked salmon, Gonorhynchus gonorhynchus | ||
Broader (hypernym) | malacopterygian, soft-finned fish | ||
Member meronym | genus Gonorhynchus, Gonorhynchus | ||