LAUNCE
Dictionary entry overview: What does launce mean? • LAUNCE (noun)
The noun LAUNCE has 1 sense:
1. very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches
Familiarity information: LAUNCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• LAUNCE (noun)
Meaning:
Very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
launce; sand eel; sand lance; sand launce
Hypernyms ("launce" is a kind of...):
acanthopterygian; spiny-finned fish (a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays)
Holonyms ("launce" is a member of...):
Ammodytes; genus Ammodytes (type genus of the Ammodytidae)
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