sandfish

A noun referring to a type of fish that burrows into sand, found in the northern Pacific or in sandy areas of the western Pacific and Indian Oceans.

• 🇷🇺Существительное, обозначающее вид рыбы, которая зарывается в песок; встречается в северной части Тихого океана или в песчаных районах западной части Тихого и Индийского океанов.

1. Pacific sandfish C1 formal scientific

   Either of two small, silvery, scaleless fish found in the northern Pacific Ocean that are known for burrowing into sand.

   • The Pacific sandfish is rarely seen because it quickly buries itself in the seabed.
   • Fishermen sometimes catch sandfish while trawling along sandy shores.
   • The silvery scales of the sandfish help it blend into the sandy ocean floor.

   🇷🇺Тихоокеанская песчанка

2. Angular sandfish C1 formal scientific

   A fish found in sandy areas of the western Pacific and Indian Oceans, characterized by an angular snout used for burrowing into sand.

   • The angular sandfish uses its pointed snout to dig rapidly into the sand.
   • Divers often spot sandfish near coral reefs in the Indian Ocean.
   • This species of sandfish is well adapted to life on the sandy seabed.

   🇷🇺Угловатая песчанка

• sandfish plural form
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• sandfish's possessive plural form
• sandfishes' possessive plural form
• sandfish's possessive singular form