'sand lance' definitions:

Definition of 'sand lance'

From: WordNet
noun
Very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches [syn: sand lance, sand launce, sand eel, launce]

Definition of 'sand lance'

From: GCIDE
  • Lance fish \Lance" fish`\n. (Zool.) A slender marine fish of the genus Ammodytes, especially Ammodytes tobianus of the English coast; -- called also sand lance. [1913 Webster] Lancegay