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AMMODYTES

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Ammodytidae

Synonyms:

Ammodytes; genus Ammodytes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Ammodytes" is a kind of...):

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Ammodytes"):

launce; sand eel; sand lance; sand launce (very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches)

Holonyms ("Ammodytes" is a member of...):

Ammodytidae; family Ammodytidae (sand lances)

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