genus ammodytes

English Thesaurus

1. type genus of the Ammodytidae (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	fish genus,
definition	:	any of various genus of fish (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	launce, sand eel, sand lance, sand launce,
definition	:	very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	ammodytidae, family ammodytidae,
definition	:	sand lances (noun.animal)