Definitions
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- noun zoology A slender
marine fish of thegenus Ammodytes, especially Ammodytes tobianus of the English coast.
Etymologies
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lance + fish
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Examples
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It was easy for the doctor to look bedraggled—his nose was swollen, there was a gash in his forehead and a crust of beard on his chin, and he walked with a limp from the lancefish attack.
Sanctuary John Vornholt 1992
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It was easy for the doctor to look bedraggled—his nose was swollen, there was a gash in his forehead and a crust of beard on his chin, and he walked with a limp from the lancefish attack.
Sanctuary John Vornholt 1992
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It was easy for the doctor to look bedraggled—his nose was swollen, there was a gash in his forehead and a crust of beard on his chin, and he walked with a limp from the lancefish attack.
Sanctuary John Vornholt 1992
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