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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 meronymfamily Trichodontidae, Trichodontidae

2. sandfish (animal) fish of sandy areas of western Pacific and Indian oceans having an angular snout for burrowing into sand


Synonymsbeaked salmon, Gonorhynchus gonorhynchus


Broader (hypernym)malacopterygian, soft-finned fish


Member meronymgenus Gonorhynchus, Gonorhynchus









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